Nineteenth century stables at Jordan's Farm, Nathans Lane (EHER 80856)

A 19th century C-shaped stable range with open shelters and modern timber-built shed to the North. The stables are built from yellow London Stock bricks with machine sawn roofs of regularised timbers, probably between 1843 and 1874. There are nine stalls, two of which have been opened for use as garages and six were used for storage at the time of survey.

March 2013. Heritage assessment. A C-shaped stable range with open shelters, built mainly from yellow London Stock bricks. The upper section of the Southern gable is timber framed and clad with 20th century weatherboards, and at the Northern gable the roof is half hipped. The roof is clad with early 20th century single roman clay tiles with half round ridge tiles. The building would have originally formed the Western side of a High Victorian style farmyard. Attached to the Northern arm of the range is a small shed built of reused 20th century timbers with a corrugated iron single pitch roof. The main range of the Stables is unremarkable having been entirely rebuilt in the late 20th century. The internal partitions forming the stalls are built of medium density blockwork topped with OSB (Oriented Strand Board) panels. Each closed stall has softwood split stable doors with galvanised fittings and mild steel T-strap hinges. Stalls 1, 2, 3, 6, 8 and 9 are currently used for storage. Stalls 4 and 5 have been opened up for use as garages, and stall 7 has been left empty. The interiors have been concreted to match the yard which is ridged for drainage into large grilled drains. The shed to the North is currently used as a store room. There are no old fixtures or fittings but a tethering ring on the OSB partition wall suggests it was used as horse stalls in the late 20th century. The stables are built from yellow London Stock bricks with machine sawn roofs of regularised timbers and these features place the building in the middle of the 19th century, probably between 1843 and 1874. The stables were designed as stock buildings for the shelter of animals and were open sided onto the farmyard. The tall plinth indicates that there was a pond against the Western side to serve the stock but it is not shown on any of the maps. There is running water there now. <1>