Stables At Old Middlecott Farmyard

The stables at Old Middlecott Farmyard are likely from the 17th and 18th centuries. They are constructed of granite stone rubble with large dressed quoins and have a corrugated iron roof, which was originally thatch. The stable block is positioned to back onto the road and faces southeast into the farm courtyard. The left section of the building is slightly misaligned and may be the oldest part. It is connected at a right angle to the upper end of a milking parlour, which was the original farmhouse.

The exterior features a longer left-hand section with a central doorway flanked by small unglazed windows, along with a hayloft loading hatch. The right section has a doorway with a loading hatch above it, located next to a single small unglazed window. The roof is gable-ended, and the rear wall includes a hayloft loading hatch and some blocked slit windows.

Inside, the stables showcase plain but robust carpentry, including a roof supported by A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars. The collars over the right section are cambered. These stables are part of a charming group of traditional Dartmoor farm buildings, one of which is the milking parlour that served as the original farmhouse.