Abbey Stable Flats

Abbey Stable Flats, dated 1837-39, were originally a stable and coach house built for Ramsey Abbey by Edward Blore for Edward Fellowes Esq. The complex comprises four ranges arranged around a courtyard, with a gateway located in the south range. The construction combines brick with coursed Barnack stone to the west and south walls, topped with a slate roof. The gateway features a hipped roof with a square louvre and a parapet surmounted by a steeply pitched pediment, decorated with an incised diamond ornament to the tympanum. Two pseudo turrets, located at the south-west and south-east corners, rise above a deep, moulded cornice and are decorated with incised rectangular panels. A round-headed arch, featuring incised spandrel decoration, provides access through the gateway, and this is linked to the two-storeyed north and south ranges by lower, single-storeyed ranges. Four buttresses with offsets are visible on the south wall. The south wall also displays four casements at ground floor level, alongside two sealed window openings with wooden lintels to the gable ends. Documentation relating to the building is held within the Cambridge University Library (Add 3954-6).