St Osyths Priory Stable block adjacent to NW of barn (EHER 25676)

19th century red brick stables with loft over.

19th century red brick stables with loft over. The Stables is now used as a cowhouse. It is red brick with hipped red tiled roof, red brick chimney stack. 2 storeys. The East face has three cinquefoiled two light windows with chamfered brick surrounds and segmental heads. There is a vertically boarded door to left with ornate hinges, fanlight over. The main doorway, has a chamfered pointed segmental head, vertically boarded doors with ornate hinges and plate, small paned light over. There is a similar door and window to right return. The interior features include feed chutes from loft and brick and tiled floors. <1> <2> In November 2016 Archaeological Solutions Ltd (AS) carried out an historic building recording on a building known as the Dairy, and an adjoining cart-shed at St Osyth’s Priory, St Osyth, Essex (NGR: TM 1203 1565). (recorded and listed separately). The buildings are curtilage listed by virtue of their association with the adjoining 16th century tithe barn and other historic structures in close proximity. Technical analysis suggests that the Dairy is a misnomer, as the existing building was clearly constructed as a stable with hay-loft in the mid-19th century. It may, however stand on the site of an earlier dairy, and retained its title. The building survives as an elegant example of its type with Gothic decorative features, though most internal features have been lost.<3>