Outbuilding Approximately 50 Metres North West Of Apton Hall Farmhouse

CANEWDON OFF APTON HALL ROAD TQ 89 SE 6/69 Outbuilding approx. 50 metres north west of Apton Hall Farmhouse GV II An unusual outbuilding, possibly a former gamelarder or malthouse. C18. Red brick. Square plan. 2 storeys. Hipped roof, now corrugated iron clad, surmounted by a square louvre with domed head, ball and pointed finial. There is a simple doorway to ground floor south face. The first floor of north face has vertical ventilator slits of uneven pattern and to the west face is a ground floor opening which could have accommodated a shaft or a pipe. Internally there is no sign that the building was ever used as a pigeon loft as the outside suggests. There is a ceiling at first floor level to half of the building, the western half is open to the roof. The one entrance is scarcely wide enough for a carthouse and thus could not have been used as a stable. Q.v. 6/68.

Listing NGR: TQ8884992886