Stable And Shippon Immediately To South West Of Ford Farmhouse

The stable and shippon located immediately to the south-west of Ford Farmhouse is likely from the early to mid 19th century and was built in consecutive phases. It features granite rubble walls with larger quoins and a corrugated iron roof with gable ends. The building includes brick segmental arches for doors and windows.

The right-hand block, probably the original section, contains a harness store on the far right, followed by a loose box and central stalls for cart horses, which still retain their original partitions. To the left of this block is either another loose box or a store room, possibly for fodder. Attached to the left is the shippon, and both buildings have lofts above.

This structure is two storeys tall. The right-hand block has two doors on the ground floor to the left, with a loading door above the right-hand one. There is a tall wide doorway in the centre and to the right, with two windows in between and one to the right. The right-hand gable end features two doors on the ground floor and a loading door above. The left-hand building has doorways to the right and left of centre on the ground floor, with two windows in between and one to the far left; the lower parts of these windows have sliding ventilation apertures. There is also a loading door above the right-hand door and a row of pigeon holes under the eaves in the centre and to the right. This stable and shippon forms a group with Ford Farmhouse and its associated farm buildings.