Mid 19th century stable and office, Park Hall Farm, Gosfield (EHER 80307)

Brick stables built in 1858, with a timber framed roof clad in late 20th century weatherboards and clay tile. The building originally had three main stables with the remainder of the building open to the West and used to store ploughs, harrows and seed drills. Attached to the North end is a subsidiary building now used as a site office, also constructed in 1858.

February 2018. Heritage assessment. A brick built stables, built in 1858 under the ownership of Samuel Courtauld, with a timber framed roof clad in late 20th century weatherboards and clay tile. Much of the brickwork has been recently and professionally repointed. The building originally had three main stalls with exits onto the farm track. The Eastern elevation has three doorways, two with original split stable doors, and are now elevated above ground level where the plinth has been exposed over the years. There are two horizontal sliding sash windows which have been boarded but are largely complete and original to 1858. Internally, the building has been refitted with recent studwork partitions and a plasterboards ceiling so it can be used for dry storage. The bare brick walls have marks to denote stall partitions and some attached timbers remain. The remainder of the building was originally open-sided on the West and most likely used as implement sheds where the ploughs, harrows and seed drills would be kept. It makes sense to have the draught animals near their machines. Site offices. Attached to the North end is a subsidiary building now used as a site office and originally constructed in 1858. The Southern elevation seems to be a late 20th century replacement for an earlier timber one and the Western elevation was rebuilt around 2003 and clad with weather boarding. The roof is laid with black glazed pan tiles which became common in the latter quarter of the 19th century. The door and windows are late 20th to early 21st century. <1>