Stable 9 Metres South East Of Frieze Hall

This stable, now used as a store, is located 9 meters southeast of Frieze Hall and dates from the late 16th century, 17th century, and 18th century. It is constructed with a timber frame on a low brick base and is weatherboarded, featuring a hipped roof with end gablets covered in peg tiles. The hip of the roof extends over a small out-shut at the southwest end. The building has a rectangular plan, with the northwest elevation displaying an approximately central doorway that has a 20th-century boarded door, alongside another doorway to the northeast that has its lower part blocked and an upper half door.

Inside, there are two late 16th-century central bays, with 17th-century and 18th-century extensions at both ends under the hips of the roof. The two central bays indicate the original size of the building, as the outer tie-beams have mortices for the end wall studs and internal bracing, along with rafter seating joints for the roof hips. Within these tie-beams are two rafter couples with added collars to support the hip rafters. The southwest couple is still in use and has additional rafters to create a continuous hip and out-shut roof. The building has been lengthened at both ends while maintaining the original roof shape.

The framing of the two central bays features fairly wide studding, spaced 0.69 meters (27 inches) apart. The principal posts are jowled and include rising internal curved arched bracing that passes by the studs without cutting into them. The central roof truss is of the side purlin type, with principal rafters that taper from the purlin to the apex. Heavy raking queen struts secure the purlins, and elegantly curved wind-braces provide lengthwise stiffening. The front wall has been significantly altered, and breeze block infilling has been added to part of the rear wall. However, the principal framing and shape of the original building remain intact, constructed using a technique not commonly found in East Anglia. A 20th-century lean-to shed on the southeast side, extending from the southwest end, is not included in the listing. The stable is part of a group with Frieze Hall.