Former trace horse stables

Former stables for trace horses, associated with the Somerset coalfield, dating from about 1900.

MATERIALS Limestone rubble and dressed stone; clay Roman tile.

PLAN Rectangular, single cell.

DESCRIPTION A small, almost square stable, with its main elevation to the roadside. This elevation is constructed from well-dressed and squared stone, with tight joints and quoins; the openings have stone dressings and flush cills. To the ground floor are two stable doors, to left and right flanking a narrower pedestrian doorway, all under heavy stone lintels, with a square taking-in door above. The returns and rear are constructed from large rubble stone. The north gable end has a square taking-in opening. The rear has a slightly off-centre pedestrian doorway, and the possible remnants of a chimney at eaves level at the gable end. The roof is covered in clay Roman tiles, and has V-shaped ridge tiles and coped verges, with plain bargeboards to the gables.