Building record TR 34 SW 2573 - The Constables Stable and Carriage House, Dover Castle

Summary

The Constables Stable and Carriage House, which is located on the western side of the Castle Complex, just to the north of the Constables Gateway and linked to it by a kitchen garden, was constructed in 1883. The interior has been little altered and retains a number of original features including the grooms quarters, hay loft and stalls. (location accurate to the nearest 1m based on available information)

Location

Grid reference Centred TR 3239 4199 (12m by 24m)
Map sheet TR34SW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish DOVER, DOVER, KENT

Map

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

The Constables Stable and Carriage House, which is located on the western side of the Castle Complex, just to the north of the Constables Gateway and linked to it by a kitchen garden, was constructed in 1883. The interior has been little altered and retains a number of original features including the grooms quarters, hay loft and stalls.

The building is in ragstone with ashlar windows, it has two storeys on the southern side and a single storey on the northern. The southern end has large sliding doors in order to get carriages in and there is a second carriage house at the far northern end of the range. A door and steps in the yard to the south of the building lead to the grooms flat. Within the stables there is a gabled hay door to the loft above. The stable door with pairs of windows each side leads into the passage behind the stalls and loose boxes along the rear wall, with mangers in the back wall and a ladder to the hayloft in the north end of the roof; access also to the Tack Room at the south end beneath the flat. Summarised from sources (1-2)


<1> English Heritage, 2014, Dover Castle Conservation Management Plan Volume 2 Gazetteer (Unpublished document). SKE52105.

<2> Johnathan Coad, 1995, English Heritage Book of Dover Castle and the Defences of Dover (Monograph). SKE52106.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2014. Dover Castle Conservation Management Plan Volume 2 Gazetteer.
  • <2> Monograph: Johnathan Coad. 1995. English Heritage Book of Dover Castle and the Defences of Dover.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Aug 21 2019 2:26PM