Nineteenth century brick built stable, sheds and tack room at Curd Hall Farm, Coggeshall (EHER 80229)

An early 19th century red brick stable oriented WNW-ESE and forming the focal point of the SSW facing range of the farm buildings at Curd Hall Farm. To the East it is bound by a mid 19th century tack room which adjoins the West elevation of a mid 19th century shelter shed now used as loose boxes, and which itself adjoins an N-S oriented mid 19th century shed. These buildings have been grouped due to their close construction dates in the 19th century, and for their function relates to the keeping of horses.

April 2016. Heritage assessment. An early 19th century red brick stable oriented WNW-ESE and forming the focal point of the SSW facing range of the farm buildings at Curd Hall Farm. To the East it is bound by a mid 19th century tack room which adjoins the West elevation of a mid 19th century shelter shed now used as loose boxes, and which itself adjoins an N-S oriented mid 19th century shed. These buildings have been grouped due to their close construction dates in the 19th century, and for their function relates to the keeping of horses. The stable was detached in 1853, and measures 14.5m long by 6.1m wide and rises to 2.75m at its roof-plates. It now contains three late 20th century cement-block loose-boxes, each entered by a half-hung door with a passage against its rear (Northern) wall. The brickwork and the clasped-purlin roof with pegged collars are typical of the early-19th century or possibly the very late 18th century construction. The building was originally fully symmetrical. A small red brick tack room to the Eastern gable of the stable is an addition of the mid-19th century which is not shown in 1853. It retains metal-framed late-20th century harness hooks to its Western gable. It was originally divided initially by a boarded wall and may have served either as a tack room or feed store. The roof structure is hidden above modern boarding. Its brickwork is integral to the adjoining former shelter-shed and the two areas are now separated by a cement block partition. The adjoining former shelter shed is a red brick building in the NE corner of the yard and was depicted as an open sided shelter-shed on the Ordnance Survey of 1875-1969. It was rebuilt as a stable with three loose boxes divided by partitions of cement block-work in the late 20th century. The roof was renewed in softwood and only its gables and eastern wall survive. It adjoins a mid 19th century shed to the South. This shed is narrow, built of red brick and situated to the North of the 19th century granary (80228), separated by a gap. It is 13m long by 3.6m wide and rises to 1.75 m at its roof-plates. It was first mapped in its present form in 1875 but incorporates part of a narrow earlier 19th century structure shown in 1853. Its Southern gable contains three phases of brickwork, none of which appear to pre-date the 19th century. The clasped-purlin roof with nailed collars is consistent with its mid-19th century date. Given its low height it was almost certainly designed as a bullock shed. <1>