Stable At Newland Farm

The stable at Newland Farm, dated 1728, is an intact and well-built structure featuring English bond brick walls with some burned headers and quoins. It has a timber-framed roof covered with clay tiles and is partially weather-boarded at the hipped gable ends. The building is L-shaped, with the main room at the front and a floored room at the rear, all under a half-hipped roof.

On the south elevation, there is a central opening with a plank stable door that has long iron hinges and is set under a shallow segmental head. A brick plinth, which is graduated to fit the slope of the ground, is deepest at the east end. There are segmental head window openings on either side of the door, and to the left, there is a brick plaque marked T S 1728. The east elevation features similar brickwork and a deep plinth, with weather-boarding at the top and a plank hayloft door.

Inside, the stable has three bays in the main range. The tie beams are chamfered and stopped, connecting to the brick wall. The roof structure includes queen posts with struts to the wall plate and clasped purlins. The rafters are pegged at the ridge and extend over the wall plate, with the purlins meeting at the intersection of the main and rear rooms. The rear room is floored with joists and lapped floorboards, and there are arms for tackle on the south and east walls.

This stable is part of a farmstead group that includes two late 18th-century barns, one with an attached engine house, and an early 19th-century cattleshed, all of which share group value.