Cattle Sheds And Stables About 25 Metres North West Of Langley Park Farmhouse

Cattle sheds and stables located about 25 metres north-west of Langley Park Farmhouse date from around 1850 and form part of a farmyard. The cattle sheds have stone rear walls and are weather-boarded on a red brick plinth facing the courtyard. The stables are constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and feature plain tile roofs. The cattle sheds create the north and east sides of the yard, while the stables are positioned at the north end of the west side. The cattle sheds are low and single-storey, with vertically-boarded hatches that swing inwards behind vertical iron bars above feeding troughs. There are four ridge louvres on the north range and three on the south. The east range has two stable doors towards its south end, and there is one stable door at the east end of the north range. The stables consist of two equal bays and a narrower bay at the north end. Although single-storey, they are taller than the cattle sheds. Each equal bay has a stable door in the centre, flanked by two-light segmental-headed casement windows. The interiors include troughs, some stalls, and hatches in the cattle sheds, while the stables have sett flooring and brick partitions between the three bays. The cattle sheds feature a king post roof, while the stables have a scientific queen-strut roof. This layout likely represents a planned courtyard and is a relatively uncommon survival in Kent.