Okehampton Camp: Building 100 (formerly Officers' Stables No.1)

One of two former officers’ stables, built between 1892-1893, designed by T H Gibson, excluding the late-C20 lean-to on the front elevation.

MATERIALS: an exposed red brick front with blue brick dressings. The modern windows in the front brick elevation have chamfered granite sills that may have been reused from the original openings while the rear and side elevations are cement rendered. The roofs are slate covered with rendered stacks.

PLAN: a single-depth building, rectangular on plan on an east to west alignment, built into a north facing slope

EXTERIOR: a single-storey building. The front elevation has ten red brick bays which are divided by blue brick pilasters with chamfer detailing. The former central entrance has been in-filled with red brick and the east and west entrances have been replaced with modern doors. There is a further rendered bay at either end (former harness rooms). The former stable windows, under the eaves, can still be identified as blocked openings. Each bay contains an offset two-light uPVC window and a steel upright. The two rendered end bays each contain a single-light window with concrete cill. There are further modern uPVC openings rear elevation and a crittal window to the side. The slate roof has two rendered stacks at either end. Attached to the north elevation is a late-C20 rendered lean-to; this structure is excluded from the listing.

INTERIOR: the original internal fittings have been removed. The corridor has been moved to the rear and the building has been subdivided by masonry walls into ten bedrooms and a washroom, with two further rooms in the end, rendered bays *. The curved rear wall remains. * Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that the late-C20 lean-to attached to the north of the building and all of the internal walls, and modern fixtures and fittings are not of special architectural or historic interest.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: it has a set of stone drains around the exterior.