Stable Bungalow At Wappingthorn Farm

The Stable Bungalow at Wappingthorn Farm is a former farm building that has been converted into a residential space. It was designed by Maxwell Ayrton, a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, for Sir Arthur Howard between 1929 and 1930 as part of a model dairy farm. The building is primarily constructed of brown brick in English bond, with some later 20th-century brickwork, and features concrete columns and a hipped tiled roof.

This small rectangular structure is one storey high and consists of four by three bays. Originally, three bays along the east side were open-sided and supported by painted concrete columns, with a wide lintel above, suggesting that this area may have served as a cart store. The south end of the building has two painted concrete columns and a corner curbing stone.

Despite the later alterations, this former farm building is notable for its architectural use of concrete columns, distinguishing it from typical structural applications, and it remains an important part of the model dairy farm complex.