Listed Building: RUTLAND BUILDINGS AND RUTLAND BUILDINGS INCLUDING MOUNTING BLOCK (1316481)

'BAKEWELL SK2168 RUTLAND SQUARE 831-1/4/154 (North West side) 13/03/51 Rutland Buildings including mounting block (Formerly Listed as: RUTLAND SQUARE (North West side) Whole range of buildings known as "Rutland Buildings") GV II Includes: Rutland Buildings BUXTON ROAD. Coach houses and stable block now various commercial premises. Late C18 and early-mid C19; altered. Deeply-coursed sandstone with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate, stone slate and concrete tile roofs. PLAN: set around 2 courtyards with open end to Rutland Square spanned by beam on ashlar piers: mostly single-storey ranges down each side; parallel ranges across the centre and across rear. EXTERIOR: the central 2-storey range is pierced by a basket-arch with archivolt set on an impost string course; to each side are later openings beyond which are round-arched openings with decorative fanlights and archivolts; mounting block to left of the arch. First floor: 7 C20 casements mostly in original ashlar surounds with projecting sills; hipped stone slate roof. Rear of this range has 3 original round-arched openings to each side of the carriageway. Right return (to Bath Gardens) with original round-arched opening above a tripartite window. Rear 2-storey range: impost string course links 4 altered openings with fanlights and archivolts; external stone steps; Welsh slate roof with ridge lights, round vents and coped gables. The single-storey blocks facing rear courtyard have C20 infill and flat-roofed additions. One-storey garages face the outer courtyard and link to shops to each side of the main entrance. Shops to left in a taller, obtuse-angled block with shop fronts to Buxton Road having fluted pilasters and blind boxes. Shop to right heightened to 2 storeys with C18 blind arcading in 2 tiers facing the yard. End gable with shop front. Right return (to Bath Gardens) with rectangular bay window. INTERIOR: not inspected. Despite the extensive alterations the buildings form an important group associated with the Rutland Arms Hotel (qv) and its predecessor The White Horse. Listing NGR: SK2172468534.'