SOUTHBOROUGH SPELDHURST ROAD (south side) 1/9 Stables to east of 14-3-73 Sir David Salomons' House - II* Completed 1894, by William Barnsley Hughes. Laid out like a miniature French C16 chateau, in which style they were built. Red brick with stone dressings. Entrance on south side through brick arch, rusticated with stone and flanked by fluted stone Ionic columns. On each side of arch screen wall joined to east and west wings, of which west wing ends (outside screen) in octagonal pavilion with conical slate roof and east wing in square-ended ground floor projection with balustraded parapet over. Inside courtyard corps-de-logis is north wing facing entrance, forming coach house. 2 storeys. Ground floor with 4 round-headed, rusticated archways with double doors and fanlights over. Each flanked by stone giant Ionic pilasters which rise through whole height of building to support large modillion eaves cornice. 1st floor with 2 casement windows between each pair of pilasters, each window having 2 small lights in two tiers with stone transom and mullion. Steeply pitched slate roof crowned by 2 brick stacks with double stone cornices and in centre a stone cupola with clock face at base, pairs of Ionic columns at angles and a some surmounted by a weather-vane. Central portion of north wing flanked by single recessed bays with gables over. On ground floor of each are 2 narrow doorways and between them bay window of 2 storeys of 3 lights. Above are similar rusticated windows while above these are 3-light lunette windows. Tall brick chimney stacks on outer sides of gables. East and west sides of courtyard have lower elevation and contained stables on ground floor with hay-lofts above, as well as tack and harness rooms. Red brick on stone base; 1 storey with loft. At each end in centre of ground floor are rusticated 4-centre arched stone doorways with double doors and segmental fanlight. Centre one flanked by stone columns and slit windows. Between centre and outer doorways are 2 rusticated Venetian windows of same design as centre doorway. Stone cornices and parapets. 5 pedimented dormers above. Slate roof crowned by 5 pointed imitation turrets or finials. Interior: Loose boxes remain in east wing and partly also in west wing. Panelled below dado level, comple- mentary light and darker green tiles above. Similar panelling remains on ceilings of ground floor and also of doors in rooms above coach house. Pegged round-arched braced roof in hay-lofts. Original casements remain in all rooms except room 1st floor north-west corner. Listing NGR: TQ5689041722