Description

ABBEY FIELDS 1. 1103 TR 0261 8/325 Stables about 30 metres east south east of Abbey Farmhouse. GV II

Stable range. C18. Red brick with projecting plinth, hybrid Flemish/English bond with courses of alternating headers and stretchers alternating with courses headers with occasional stretchers, Plain clay tile roof, hipped at right-hand (east) end and gabled at left(west)end. Plan: Long rectangular range with stables at the centre and right hand end and what might have been a cart-shed to the left and possibly a harness room at the extreme left (west) end. Exterior: 1 storey. Asymmetrical south front. Doorways at the centre and left and right ends of front, those to the left and right with segmental brick arches, all with boarded divided doors. Three small windows to the centre and right of front, 3 of which have segmented brick arches. To the left of front a wide opening with C20 sliding doors.

Interior: The stables have mangers and corn chests and the roof structure has straight collars with clasped purlins.

Source: Traditional Kent Buildings (1988) No. 6 pp 16-27

Listing NGR: TR0214261812

External Links

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