Stable Block at Llanvihangel Court

The Stable Block at Llanvihangel Court is a Grade I listed building featuring rough red sandstone walls and a red brick front elevation in Flemish bond that faces the house. The roof is covered with Welsh slate on the front slope and stone tiles on the lower courses of the rear slope. This long, low, single-storey structure has a symmetrical design with a central entrance, and the falling ground makes the rear higher than the front.

There are three large windows on either side of the central doorway, which are 2-light mullion-and-transom windows made of oak, with 3 X 3 over 5 X 15 panes. These windows appear to be early 20th-century reproductions of the original style, although some of the jambs are original timber. The wide door features an oak architrave, and the roof is plain with deep eaves. A taking-in door to the hayloft is located in the left gable end, while the right gable has two attic windows under new timber lintels. The rear wall is blind except for a small window for the tack room, beside which a large chimney rises. The floor beam ends project through the wall and have been sawn off, suggesting they may have originally supported a pentice.

Inside, there is a central lobby with a 19th-century tack room at the back, which includes a fireplace and saddle hooks. On either side of the lobby are largely unaltered stables, separated by turned posts. The stables on the left are mostly complete, while only the posts remain on the right. Two posts on either side extend to support the hayloft above, and some original ironmongery can be found on the stalls. The main ceiling beams feature ridge mouldings, and nail holes on the joists indicate that the ceiling was originally plastered between the beams for a formal appearance.

The roof is particularly notable and almost entirely original, consisting of a single space hayloft/granary with seven principal rafter trusses, two tiers of trenched purlins, and a ridge piece. Remarkably, the principal rafters appear to be re-used cruck blades with their feet cut off. The roof was altered at one end to accommodate a new ridge for the barn.