Former Stable Block at Bawdsey Manor

This is a former stable block, dating from around 1900. It was originally part of Bawdsey Manor and is now used as administrative headquarters, a despatch section, a barbers shop, and stores for RAF Bawdsey. The building is constructed of red Flemish bond brick with simulated timber framing, rendered infill panels, and a plain tiled roof.

The front elevation features a near-central gate tower with a round arch and moulded surround. Above the arch are three single-light casements arranged in a triangular pattern, with cambered heads. Diagonal buttresses flank the tower, receding in two offsets. A square, timber-framed bartizan clock tower rises from the right corner, featuring a circular clock face with Roman numerals, a decorative upper panel, an ogee dome, and an octagonal louvred bellcote with a spire. A round brick bartizan turret with a moulded ashlar bracket and cap is located to the left. To the left of the gateway, a two-storey range is recessed, with a 20th-century single-storey porch projecting forward. Cross windows with cambered heads are positioned either side of the porch. Above these windows, on the first floor, is a timber-framed section with two two-light casements, with gables above featuring arched braces and posts. A two-light window with a cambered head and a three-light similar window are positioned at ground floor level to the left of the tower. A porchway contains a cambered-headed doorway and a single-light casement. A diagonal buttress is present at the left-hand corner, receding in two offsets. At first floor level above this buttress is a cross window, with a timber-framed gable above. To the left of this, a jettied timber-framed portion supports a canted oriel window with four central lights, a semi-circular arched glazing bar above the central lights, and a figurehead keystone. A jettied gable above this oriel window incorporates arched braces, a central kingpost, and pebbledashed rendered infill. Two chimney stacks are visible on the ridge towards the right, and a cluster of four flues is positioned on the left, featuring richly moulded flues of rubbed brick or terracotta. A further cluster of three similar flues are present further to the left.