Early 19th century timber framed equestrian buildings, and late 19th century cow shed, Bury Farm (EHER 80920)

Two timber framed stable buildings which were constructed in the late 18th/early 19th century. The Northernmost stable forms an L-shaped structure around the NE corner of the farmyard, adjoining the Southernmost stable building to the SE. A further structure is built onto the SE end of the second stable and contains a tack room (serving both ranges) and two loose boxes. A late 19th century cattle shed, now demolished, was once built into the last two bays of the Northernmost stable. It was contemporary with EHER 80921.

September 2005. Heritage assessment. The stables consist of two adjoining stable buildings and a loose box. The first, Northernmost stable forms an L-shaped structure around the NE corner of the farmyard, adjoining the Southernmost stable building to the SE (also this record), a cartlodge to the NW (EHER 80921) and the entrance porch to the SW (EHER 80919). In contrast to the stockhouse, the external weatherboarding has remained throughout though is in poor condition. A blocked window or hatch in the NW elevation is of unknown use but of sufficient height (around 2m) to preclude animal usage and was probably for feed, suggesting stores at this end. Inside the courtyard, the corner range is laid out six bays to the NW and five to the NE, with those in the corner overlapping. The roof is pitched and clad in the same manner as the stockhouse (EHER 80919), but is hipped in the corner. The timber frame is built on a plinth of red and yellow stock bricks, suggesting an early 19th century construction date. Inside, the interior is lined-out in cement render to a heigh of 1m and further covered in pine boarding. There are four free-standing stalls, all clearly modern, and each has a half-heck door. A corridor runs the length of the building, with the four stalls to the NW and a single stall and tack room (not surveyed) to the SE. The Southernmost stable is built onto the SE end of the Northernmost one, but is still part of the pre-1838 planned layout. Between 1873/1874 and 1896, a central open-sided cattle shed was added to its last two bays, oriented roughly NE-SW and splitting the yard in two. The structure has since been removed. The stable building has a gabled roof with a 40 degree pitch, but is clad in pantiles rather than plain tiles. Inside, the range is divided into five bays, with five stalls independent of the bays and constructed the same as those in the other ranges. The interior is limewashed. A further structure is built onto the SE end of the second stable and contains a tack room (serving both ranges) and two loose boxes. Externally the structure remains relatively unaltered, with weatherboarded timber framing on all sides under a gabled roof, slightly higher than the others. The roof is mainly clad in plain tiles, likely to be the original material. Inside the structure is divided into five bays, accessed from the main open stock door. All three structures are of late 18th to early 19th century construction and make use of some reused elements from queen post buildings of 18th century date. However based on the use of yellow stock bricks in the plinths, a construction date of the early 19th century is more realistic. The cattle shed is a late 19th century addition. <1>