Former Stable Block at Bakers Farm

This is a stable block, built in 1891 for Mr E B Barnard, a racehorse owner, located to the north of Grove Lodge. It is part of the Stepped Gable Mews, incorporating Nos 1, 2, 3 and 4 High Wych Lane, High Wych. The building is constructed of brick, which has been rough rendered, with red tile roofs and rendered crow-stepped gables, topped with ball finials on the lower steps. It is an L-shaped stable block designed in the Arts and Crafts style, drawing apparent inspiration from Scottish architecture. The building has a central section of one and a half storeys, with single-storey ranges extending to the east and west, and a return range running south from the west end. Each section is delineated by a crow-stepped gable. The roof is pitched, with wooden louvres over the lower ranges; a square, tapered louvre with a wooden louvered stage is positioned above a rendered base with a projecting cornice. The stage is topped with a gabled, bargeboarded, tiled roof and a wrought iron finial. There are small, bullioned two-light sash windows with 6/6 panes. The west range features three segmental-headed stable doors breaking through the eaves, each with an 18-paned fanlight above. A carved wooden hatchment, dated "AD 1891. EBB," is on the centre block. A stone roll moulding serves as a string course across the centre block, extending the line of the eaves of the flanking buildings. Decorative iron plates, shaped like a cross, are fixed to the exterior walls, acting as anchorages for tethering rings within. The south and west end gables have heavy bargeboards. Sash windows are recessed and have 6/6 panes, with a pair at the west gable. The north elevation, which faces the lane, is uninterrupted except for a row of regularly spaced ventilators, each with an iron cross below. A crow-stepped gable tops the loading door to the central hay loft, with a projecting hoisting-beam and a recessed plank door.