Building record BCC 137 - Former stable block at Lavinia Cottages

The building is built from red brick nine inch thick and has been painted internally at some point in time. The roof is clau pantiles laid on timber batterns. Two up and over garages have been fitted at some point c.1970. The Bent family purchased Lavinia Cottages in 1856 and it has been in the same ownership since. When it was bought it had been a farm and the building was a stable block. Some evidence of this still exists. The floors in two if the compartments are concrete laid to drain with a gulley exiting through the outside wall. The remains of a hay rack and part of a stable door are also present. The stables were converted to garages in the 1950's. They have been used as garages and storage until recently (S1).