Stable Block At Great Myles

KELVEDON HATCH

TL50SE ONGAR ROAD 723-1/1/447 (East side (off)) 20/02/67 Stable block at Great Myles (Formerly Listed as: BRENTWOOD ONGAR ROAD, Kelvedon Hatch Great Myles stable block)

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Stables. Late C18. Red brick, Flemish bond, hipped peg-tiled roof. U-plan. 2 storeys. Front, facing SW has 2:3:2 window range, plain reveals, flat soffits with voussoirs, central section of 3 windows articulated forward slightly, brick dentilled eaves cornice. Ground floor has 3 doorways with heads dropped in blind recesses that rise to same height as ground-floor window heads. Door recess heads with voussoirs and flat soffits. All windows fixed lights, 2 outer ones with glazing bars, 4x3 panes. Doors C20 boarded and halved for stable use. First-floor 5 windows, fixed lights, glazing bars, 4x3 panes, 2 casement windows with glazing bars, 4x3 panes. Central octagonal wooden lantern with semicircular arched openings and cupola. Square base beneath, with an octgonal clock face on the front E elevation of similar style but windows now irregular. INTERIOR with enclosed living rooms on first floor and roof were revealed of joggled butt purlin type. A sales catalogue of 1830 lists this building as capable of accommodating 22 horses. The mansion was demolished after a fire in 1837.

Listing NGR: TL5637401156