Exeter House And Exeter House Stables Including Central Lamp Post

This is a late 18th-century racehorse trainer's house with attached training stables, situated on The Water Course in Newmarket. Later alterations occurred around 1820, and further modifications were made in the late 19th and mid-20th centuries. The house is constructed of brick, with some rendered and painted areas, while the stables have brick facades. Both have slate roofs with coped gables and end stacks, and the stables also feature tiled ridges.

The house is arranged with a central-staircase plan and a two-story rear wing. The exterior features a five-window façade with 20th-century windows in original openings. A large, central, part-glazed porch with a hipped roof, likely dating from the 19th century, is prominent. The rear wing has 20th-century windows and a recessed doorway. Inside, a dog-leg staircase has a ramped handrail, slender turned balusters, and decorative fret tread ends. Some window shutters remain.

The stables consist of stable ranges with lofts that enclose the south and west sides of a rear yard. Access to the stables is through an archway between the rear wing of the house and the west range. A structural joint in the outer west wall indicates that the south range is earlier than the west range. The south range has six stable doors with over-lights on the ground floor, with windows and taking-in doors above. The west range has two stable doors with over-lights, high windows, and taking-in doors, with a window over. Inside the stables, the original stalls were converted to caged loose boxes in the 19th century, several with elaborately turned balustrading. The original ventilation system survives in the south range.

A cast iron gas lamp post stands in the center of the stable yard. Inscribed on its plinth is the motto "LUCEM EX FUMO DARE." Originally known as Foley House Stables, the establishment was renamed Exeter House Stables around 1820 when acquired by Brownlow Cecil, second Marquess of Exeter. Horses were trained here from 1820 to 1855, followed by horses belonging to Baron Meyer de Rothschild until he acquired Palace House Stables. The south range of stables abuts the Covered Ride, built around 1835 for Lord Exeter, and has recently been re-incorporated into its original setting.