SNN112645 - A Mid-Victorian Century Stable Block at The Manor House Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire: Historic Building Record

On the 16 th March 2021, an ‘as found’ photographic record was made of a 19th century stable block at The Manor House, Mears Ashby, prior to alterations to the building. The building falls within the grade II listed curtilage of the 18th century Manor House. The stable block is a rectangular, single storey structure of 3 bays, brick-built with slated roof. It was formerly a two-storey building, comprised of harness room, loose box and stalls on the ground floor, with hay loft above. Consent was granted in 1977 to reduce the upper storey. The proposed development will return the building to a two-storey structure for use as a workshop and store. The interior of the stable block witnessed refurbishment and alterations post-2005, and consequently very few original fixtures and fittings survive. The report provides a descriptive and illustrative account of observations, by means of digital photographs, scale drawings and plans showing the direction of view of each photograph. Comparative analysis shows that the building, in many ways, conformed to prevailing ethos of the period for good stable design. It is considered that the building is likely to have been erected in the midVictorian period, quite possibly in the late 1870s.