Stable Block at Llanvihangel Court

Central lobby with C19 tack room behind, this has a fireplace, saddle hooks etc. On either side are the largely unaltered stables with turned posts separating the stalls. Those to the left are mostly complete, to the right only the posts survive. Two posts on either side are extended to support the hayloft above. Some original ironmongery on the stalls. The main ceiling beams have ridge mouldings, the nail holes on the joists suggest that it was originally plastered between the beams to give a formal effect. The roof is very remarkable and almost entirely original. It is a single space hayloft/granary. There are seven principal rafter trusses with two tiers of trenched purlins and a ridge piece. The remarkable thing is that the principals appear all to be re-used cruck blades with their feet cut off. The roof was altered at one end to incorporate the new ridge for the barn.

Rough red sandstone walls with a red brick front elevation in Flemish bond facing the house, Welsh slate on the front slope and the top courses of the rear slope, stone tile below this. Long low single storey symmetrical block with central entrance, the falling ground makes it higher at the rear. Three large windows on either side of the central doorway. The windows are 2-light mullion-and-transom in oak, 3 X 3 over 5 X 15 panes. They appear to be early C20 reproductions of the original form, some of the jambs are the original timber. The wide door has an oak architrave. Plain roof with deep eaves. Taking-in door to hayloft in left gable end. The right gable has two attic windows under new timber lintels. The rear wall is blind except for a small window for the tack room, a large chimney rises beside this. The floor beam ends project through the wall and have been sawn off; they may have carried a pentice.