The outbuilding associated with the Victorian Villa of Bryn Oerog is a traditional farm building dating to c1899 and was in former use as a stable and haylost.A well preserved example of a turn of the century small stable block and groom’s quarters. with much of the original fabric remaining the same as it was when it was first constructed with many of the cast iron fittings being examples from Musgrave & Bros. Hardware Merchants of Belfast. The era of the building’s construction corresponds with a wider evolution of sanitary control measures that was taking place at the turn of the century in the United Kingdom. The drainage system installed within the stable would have been considered state of the art at the time of construction with sloped cast iron drainage grates, a manger waste chamber and sophisticated air flow management systems including the hopper window, air inlet, placed above the stalls within the stables. 

The building has a gable roof with a steep pitch and this is covered with red Ruabon roof tiles, with cap angled, red Ruabon ridge tiles. At the northern end of the roof is a broad, brick-built ornate chimney stack, which is surmounted by four red ceramic chimney pots. Located at the centre of the gable roof astride the ridge is a grey/green painted timber (ventilation) cupola; this has been roofed with the same red ceramic Ruabon tiles as the main building, as well as being surmounted by two red ceramic, angled ridge tiles with curved finials at either end. 

Abutting the building at its northern end is a large brick-built tower which at full height is level with the top of the ornate chimney stack; this has a quadrilateral tent/pavilion roof which is surmounted by a lead encased timber spire. The area to the southeast of the outbuilding forms a small enclosed courtyard; consisting of a layer of clay-silt which appears to overly a cobbled surface and in the northern corner is an expanse of decorative blue brick yard surface. This courtyard is enclosed by the south western frontage of the stable, a large red brick garden wall to the southeast and the northeast facing gable of the outbuildings that spur away from the main house located to the southwest.

Reference: Report of an historic building survey carried out by Aeon Archaeology in 2020 (Report 0266).

RCAHMW, 2023.