College Farm, Attached Stable And Store, Royal Military Academy

SANDHURST

SU86SE LONDON ROAD 674-1/18/299 (North West side) 08/07/98 College Farm, attached stable and store, Royal Military Academy

GV II

Barn, converted to a pair of semi-detached houses, now office, stable and store (cart house). Mid C18, altered early C19 and 1890s. MATERIALS: Flemish bond brick with brick lateral stacks and slate roof. PLAN: back-to-back, each a single depth plan. EXTERIOR: each 2 storey, 3-window range. Road front has shallow gable with left-of-centre segmental arched doorway with plate glass fanlight and boarded door, with wide segmental arched windows either side with triple casements and horizontal glazing bars, first floor mid C20 3-light casements either side of small early C19 segmental arched 2-light casement, with 3-light casement lunette beneath ridge. Late C19 2 storey lean-to extension to right has doorway, and 2 small windows beneath eaves to side. Rear gable to opposite house similar, with segmental arched rubbed brick heads to early C19 8/8-pane sashes in shallow recessed frames, in middle is shallow first floor oriel with raking roof and a 6/6-pane sash. Doorway not visible at time of inspection. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: attached English bond brick stable to right of single storey with left-hand segmental arched stable door and right-hand 3-light window, inside are 3 stalls, and collared roof. Attached left-hand Flemish bond cart house with double doors. HISTORY: possibly part of the estate bought from William Pitt when Sandhurst was established in 1802. Of interest for unusual plan, as a back-to-back house, with its ancillary buildings, now forming part of the Academy. (Country Life: Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst: London: 1969-: 1662).