Stables, Abbey St Bathans

Earlier to mid 19th century with later addition. Single storey with basement and attic, 6-bay U-plan gabled stable block set on sloping site with former groom's cottage above; M-gabled addition at rear. Squared and snecked polished whinstone; cream sandstone dressings; overhanging timber bracketed eaves; rubble whinstone to sides and rear; slatted timber to rear addition. Stugged sandstone quoins; stugged long and short surrounds to lightly droved, stop-chamfered openings; predominantly sandstone mullions to bipartites; projecting cills. Some lattice glazing; some vented openings.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: recessed 4-bay range comprising single windows at ground flanking centre (3-pane and vented opening to right; latticed and vented opening to left); boarded timber doors in bays to outer left and right; boarded timber attic opening beneath gable off-set to right of centre; bipartite window breaking eaves beneath gabled dormerhead off-set to left. Gabled bays advanced to outer left and right with bipartite windows at both floors in bay to outer left; bipartite window at ground in bay to outer right; single window above.

E (SIDE) ELEVATION: 2-leaf boarded timber doors to large segmental-arched openings at ground in both bays; blind above. Slatted timber addition recessed to outer right.

W (SIDE) ELEVATION: boarded timber sliding doors obscuring depressed-arched opening centred at ground; gabled dormer above.

N (REAR) ELEVATION: projecting M-gabled addition in bays to outer left. Boarded timber door at ground off-set to right of centre; 6 pane and vented window in bay to left; blind gabled bay to outer right.

Predominantly timber latticed glazing in casement windows; some 3- and 6-pane vented openings; 4-pane casement window to groom?s cottage; some skylights. Grey slate roof; cast-iron rainwater goods. Later ridge stack; circular cans.

INTERIOR: stalls in place; boarded timber stall partitions; boarded timber doors; stone floors with drainage channels; timber kicking posts; slatted timber hay boxes.

FRONT AND REAR COURTYARDS: geometric-patterned cobbled courtyard to front. Plain cobbled courtyard to rear.