A 'known unknown' structure

The footpath through Ellastone & Calwich takes one past this stone structure standing at the end of a bridge.  It might be historic, as it was probably on the estate of Calwich Abbey Hall (two hundred yards away), which has a long history anyway.
Was it a small gatehouse?

However, it seems to serve no purpose now.
What I like about that is that the estate's owners have just left it alone.  Or maybe they couldn't be bothered to do anything other, than leave it alone....

Where Handel walked (?)

The famous composer George Handel stayed as a guest at Calwich Abbey Hall near Ellastone in the eighteenth century.
However, all that's left of the hall now is this ruined building - the old stable block.
A public footpath runs right by this building, and it's nice to think that one is walking on the same track that the great man might once have used himself.

There is a story that he composed his famous Messiah while here in Staffordshire, but the story seems to be less and less true as researches dig deeper.

Really miserable, grey, rainy day today.