Stables And Carriage House 15 Metres To North East Of Polapit Tamar

The stables and carriage house, located 15 metres to the northeast of Polapit Tamar, were built around 1866, as indicated by the dates on the rain-water hoppers. The structure is made of snecked stone and brick, with some areas slate hung, and features a rag slate roof with gable and hipped ends.

The building has a plan that includes a carriage house on the left, a central range with stables, a tack room to the left, a gun room at the rear, and garages on the right, which include a very early pit from 1902. The ground level at the back is significantly lower. The architectural style is Italianate.

The exterior is two storeys tall with an asymmetrical elevation facing the yard. The carriage house on the left has slate hanging above the ground floor, featuring two wide garage doors and a diagonally planked door on the ground floor, along with three 19th-century 12-pane sash windows on the first floor. The central range, which contains the stables, has a central round-headed arched door flanked by two 2-light windows. Above this, there is a gable end that provides top lighting and ventilation for the stables. To the right, a two-storey range includes a glazed extension on the ground floor and a band of six 6-pane windows above, with a clock in the gable end.

The back of the building is designed as the main architectural elevation, rising impressively from the lower garden level, featuring granite dressings and quoins. There is an arcaded loggia at the rear of the stable range. To the left, the boarded timber frame gable end of the coach house has a row of six 12-pane windows, while to the right, there is a square weather-boarded timber frame cupola with a pyramidal roof.

Inside, the stables retain almost complete stalls and loose boxes, with finer quality joinery in the stables used by hunters. The floors are brick and cobbled, and the tack room is fully fitted. The pit, constructed in 1902, features white glazed tiles.