Stable Block North East Of Avalon

TQ 54 NE 5/193

HILDENBOROUGH, LEIGH ROAD, Stable block north east of Avalon

(Formerly listed as Stable block north east of Meopham Bank, POWDER MILL LANE (west side))

GV II

Stable block. Early C19. Rendered brick with a slate roof; brick stacks.

Plan: L plan, the main block facing south east with short wing adjoining at right angles at the east. The main range consists of a central coach house with a loft over with stables at either side, the southern section incorporating a heated tack room.

Exterior: Single-storey with a loft. The east wing is single-storey. Asymmetrical south east front, the coach house to right of centre taller and gabled to the front with a clock face in the gable, a central loft door below flanked by 12-pane C19 sashes and 2 pairs of tall C19 plank doors to the coach house. To the left of the coach house the range has 3 doors and a round-headed C19 window with glazing bars and 2 first floor 6-pane sashes. To the right of the coach house the main range has one C19 round-headed ground floor window with glazing bars and a 6-pane first floor sash. The east wing has a round-headed window, matching the others and 2 stable doors.

Interior: Not inspected.

Group value with Avalon (formerly Meopham Bank) and the outbuilding that was used as John Herring's studio.

Listing NGR: TQ5637247482