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The stables, Mount Merrion House
[Wilkinson, 1925] describes "the great range of stabling, which cover an area greater than that of the house itself".
Most of this survives, inside a builder's yard (access from The Rise).
It is used as offices and is in reasonable condition.
It is plastered over at the front (inside the yard),
while the back (backing onto the small patch of grass in front of the church)
is in a more original, rather battered, condition.
The LHS block (S block) of the stables.
Photo 1999.
The main block of the stables.
The RHS block (the former steward's quarters) is gone,
though a side of its wall remains, attached to the main block,
as can be seen here.
The RHS block was used for dances and parish events.
It was damaged or destroyed in a fire.
The new scout hall
was built 1976 on the site of the RHS block.
The ornate spire in the background is the new RC church.
Photo 1999.
The remaining wall of the lost RHS block,
showing the windows were at the same height
as the rest of the stables.
Photo 1999.
The remaining wall of the lost RHS block.
Photo 1999.
The gardens
Jonathan Barker's map of 1762 [NAI] shows clearly that the gardens were behind the stables (rather than near the house)."Across the gravel sweep before the hall door, which faces the south, stand the great stables forming three sides of a square, and behind them lie the gardens entered through gates which recall the father of the present owner, the lamented Lord Herbert of Lea, whose monogram they bear." - [Ball, vol.2, 1903]
This area behind the stables is still a grassy area today.
The main block of the stables from the green area at the back (the site of the former gardens).
Photo 1999.
Part of the old garden wall survives,
now built into the walls of the suburban housing estate.
Photo 1999.
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