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Monument details

Summary

The stables at Style Place Brewery were probably built during the 17th century and altered in several phases in the mid or late 19th century. Construction is of brick, the southwest range of red English bond brick, the southeast range of red and ochre-coloured Flemish bond brick. The roof was originally peg-tile.It is an L-shaped on plan building comprising two ranges of stables of approximately the same length. The southwest range faces northeast, and is built of red English bond brick. The south-east range faces northwest, and is of red and ochre-coloured Flemish bond brick. Both ranges are single storeyed and originally had peg-tile roofs.Style Place brewery was established during the 1830s and was in production until 1905, and it is thought the stables were used to house the brewery dray horses. The stables have been converted into housing.

Monument Types

• SITE (Post Medieval - 1600 AD to 1899 AD)

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HADLOW COURT LANE TQ 64 b31 6/63 Stables approx 45m west of - the Old Farmhouse, Style Place
GV II
Stables. Probably C17, much altered in the mid or late C19 in more than one phase. Brick, the south west range is red English bond brick, the south east range is red and ochre-coloured Flemish bond brick; no roof covering, formerly peg-tile.
Plan: L-plan building comprising 2 ranges of stables of approximately the same length. The south west range faces north east and the south east range faces north west. Both ranges are single storey.
Exterior: The south west range is a single C19 phase and has a symmetrical 2:1:2-window front interrupted by doorways. The windows have segmental arch heads and contain iron-framed casements with glazing bars. The doors and their frames are missing. The roof is gable-ended to right. The south east range is the result of at least two C19 phases. It includes an open-fronted bay (presumably a cartshed) left of centre. Each side is a stable with a doorway flanked by windows. The left doorway has an overlight and the windows each side have glazing bars. The right doorway contains a plank door and the windows each side are unglazed. The roof is gable-ended to left and hipped to right. The right end wall includes a plain oak-framed window without glazing bars. It is of indeterminate date but could be older than the C19.
Interior: Both ranges are open to the roof. The south west range roof is 6 bays, tie-beam trusses with queen struts. The tie-beams appear to be older and are probably C17 but the rest of the roof is probably C19. The south east range roof includes a 5-bay section of probably C17 date. It has been underbuilt with brick but the wall plates show evidence of former timber- framed walls. Tie-beam trusses with clasped side purlins.
According to local tradition these buildings housed the brewery dray horses. They form part of an unusually complete group of C19 brewery and ancillary buildings around the Old Farmhouse, Style Place (q.v.).
Listing NGR: TQ6469948957

The stables at Style Place Brewery were probably built during the 17th century and altered in several phased in the mid or late 19th century. Construction is of brick, the southwest range of red English bond brick, the southeast range of red and ochre-coloured Flemish bond brick. The roof was originally peg-tile.

It is an L-shaped on plan building comprising two ranges of stables of approximately the same length. The southwest range faces northeast, and is built of red English bond brick. The south-east range faces northwest, and is of red and ochre-coloured Flemish bond brick. Both ranges are single storeyed and originally had peg-tile roofs.

Style Place Brewery was established during the 1830s and was in production until 1905, and it is thought the stables were used to house the brewery dray horses. By 2010 the stables had been converted into housing. (2-3)

<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Historic England, National Heritage List for England (Index). SKE29372.

<3> Peter Higginbotham, Higginbotham, Peter. 2000. The Workhouse., Hadlow -Breweries <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadlow (Website). SKE53741.

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