Building record 1574502000 - Stable block at Well Farm, Dagnall

History:
The Original Series Ordnance Survey (OS) One Inch map (published 1822-1834) marks Well Farm as a set of three buildings. The Edlesborough Tithe map (1848) shows the site in greater detail including the house with an L-shaped footprint, a projecting porch and a further structure at the north-east corner. The barn, with a central porch, is located on the west side of the farmyard, and the stable block to the north. The accompanying apportionment records the site within the ownership of the Countess of Bridgewater. The house plot is described as 3 cottages and garden, tenanted to Richard Collyers, James James and WilliamWalker; the stable block falls under the same tenancy. The barn to the west is under the tenancy of William Peppercorn.
The location of the stable block is shown on the Original Series Ordnance Survey map (one inch, published between 1822 and 1834). The east-west range of the of the stable block appears on the Tithe map as a detached building. The First Edition OS map (1:2500, published 1879) shows that the stable building had been extended and modified with the addition of a cross wing at the east end, and an extension to the west, which resulted in the rebuilding of much of the earlier external envelope. The yard elevations reflect multiple phases of construction. The roof structure over the east wing was largely replaced in around the late C20.
Details:
Stable, constructed before the early-C19, with mid-C19 extensions and modifications.
MATERIALS: largely brick construction, with a section of weatherboard-clad timber frame. The majority of the roof has been recovered by corrugated asbestos sheets, with a tile roof over the east end.
PLAN: L-shaped footprint laid out across a sloping ground level. The long range has eight bays running west to east, with a shorter east cross wing, and lean-to additions to the east and north elevations.
EXTERIOR: the long east-west stable range faces south into the yard and is topped by a corrugated asbestos sheet pitched roof. The south elevation has two phases of construction; the west half has brick bays divided by concrete rendered posts and east half is timber-frame clad in weatherboarding, on a brick plinth. Each bay at the south elevation includes a plank stable door with long strap hinges and a window with slatted shutters and upper casements. The bay at the east end is open. The shorter cross wing is constructed of brick laid in Flemish bond, with a cast-iron wall tie, and topped by a tile roof. The west (yard) elevation includes a barn door, flanked by shutter and casement windows, all under segmental archers with brick vousiours. There is a further blocked window opening within the south elevation. The east elevation is obscured by a later weatherboard-clad lean-to. The north elevation is in brick laid in Flemish bond. There is a single window at the east end with timber shutters beneath a brick segmental arch. The west elevation is also brick. C20 open shelters have been added to both the south and west elevations.
INTERIOR: the building has a raked queen-post roof with tie beams, a pair of clasped purlin collars, ridge beam and common rafters; the roof appears to have been replaced when modifications occurred in the mid-C19. The concrete floor is stepped as the building descends down the sloping ground level. The bays in the west half of the building are subdivided by timber-stud frames on brick plinths. A concrete block cross wall has been inserted near the east end. Further east, the brick cross wall between the long range and cross wing includes a doorway which has been blocked. The cross wing is divided into two rooms by a brick wall. There is a blocked aperture within the east wall in the north room. The floor in both rooms retains original stable flooring. The roof structure over the wing has largely been replaced in around the late-C20 (B1).