Stable Block at Fonmon Castle

Built of local random limestone rubble with dressed quoins, with the probably mid C18 work rather more carefully coursed. The yard front is rendered where the Welsh slate roof is also visible. Decorative front to the the south to provide a feature congenial with the castle for the main approach. This is in two storeys with two small Victorian arched windows on the left and three 2-light C17 type windows above with diamond panes and an additional single light one of late date. The Victorian windows are set into blocked doorways, partially obscured by vegetation The continuous gutter beneath the upper windows gives away the pre-1760 roofline and there must have been gables over the windows (see History). Castellated parapet rises above and, in the centre, a medieval chimney which is said to come from the nearby East Orchard castle (qv St. Athan Community). This heightening is also clear on the gable walls and from the rear. The west gable has a later doorway and a chimney. The yard front has a single storey and a steeply pitched roof above. A doorway with a fanlight and two other fanlights on the left with 12 over 12 pane sashes between, which are probably early C19. Taking-in door for the hayloft above and a large eaves stack for the tackroom, this is probably a Victorian addition. To the right a 2-centred arch door. Smaller wings on either side, the one to the right, which has a straight joint with the main block, has been much changed on both sides and truncated. Various openings, blocked semicircular arch, which has lost its head, in the outside wall; this could well be one of the missing doorways from the south elevation of the barn/stable-block.

Partly two storeyed with a hayloft over. Two sections of looseboxes, one of which may be late C18 and the other is probably Victorian, as is the tack-room. The upper floor is featureless apart from the roof which is in two sections with a stone wall between dividing the accommodation off from the hayloft. Four + 6-bay principal rafter roof with scarf jointed collars, two tiers of purlins and a ridge-piece. Most of this appears original and is said to suggest a date of c1500.