Stable Block Adjoining South Yarde Farmhouse At The West

The stable block adjoining South Yarde Farmhouse is likely an early 19th-century remodelling of an earlier structure. It is built of stone rubble with a course of cob below the eaves and has a corrugated iron roof that is gabled at both ends, though it was formerly thatched. The stable is rectangular in plan and connects to the lower (west) end of South Yarde via a covered way that provides access to the farmyard.

The building is single storey with a loft and features an asymmetrical south front. There is a 19th-century plank door located to the left of centre, flanked by windows, with an additional window to the right. The windows have segmental cut stone arches. Above the plank door is a loft door, and there is a small loft window positioned high under the eaves to the right.

Inside, chamfered crossbeams support the loft floor, and the stall partitions remain intact. This stable block is part of a remarkably well-preserved group of farm buildings at South Yarde and is significant to the setting of the outstanding grade I medieval house. A photograph taken by Mrs. Rolle, the owner of South Yarde Farmhouse, shows the stable when it had a thatched roof.