Description

ABBEY FIELDS
1.
1103
TR 0261 8/325 Stables about 30 metres
east south east of Abbey
Farmhouse.
GV II

Stable range. C18. Red brick with projecting plinth, hybrid Flemish/English
bond with courses of alternating headers and stretchers alternating with
courses headers with occasional stretchers, Plain clay tile roof, hipped at
right-hand (east) end and gabled at left(west)end.
Plan: Long rectangular range with stables at the centre and right hand end
and what might have been a cart-shed to the left and possibly a harness room
at the extreme left (west) end.
Exterior: 1 storey. Asymmetrical south front. Doorways at the centre and
left and right ends of front, those to the left and right with segmental
brick arches, all with boarded divided doors. Three small windows to the
centre and right of front, 3 of which have segmented brick arches. To the
left of front a wide opening with C20 sliding doors.

Interior: The stables have mangers and corn chests and the roof structure
has straight collars with clasped purlins.

Source: Traditional Kent Buildings (1988) No. 6 pp 16-27

Listing NGR: TR0214261812

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26533251

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