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The stables are built wholly of brick, with a slated 

 roof, from which water is conveyed to four tanks, one 

 in each corner of the stable-yard ; but, as the south east 

 tank is at an inconvenient place for use, a drain conveys 

 water thence to the south-west tank. The stall-boards 

 are deal ; the hind-posts, oak ; the sills, mangers, 

 manger-posts, and all the fittings in front are of slate, 

 not one particle of which has been chipped or broken, 

 since they were constructed in 1829. All the lofts are 

 close boarded ; that over the hunting-stables is used for 

 straw and hay, one place, at the angle, for letting down 

 stra.w, and two boxes, with side-boards, for hay : this 

 loft will hold forty tons of straw, and a suificient quan- 

 tity of hay. Over the racing-stable are corn-bins, capa- 

 ble of containing upwards of three hundred quarters of 

 oats. Over the coach-house is the oatmeal-room, fitted 

 up with five bins that will hold eighty tons of meal. 

 The loft over the coach-house stable is used for stores 

 belonging to the buildings, as it is not required for the 

 use of the stables. The bedroom for the helpers, over 

 the mess-room, is large and airy, and adapted for nine 

 beds. Water is laid on in the centre of the hunting- 

 stable, from a reservoir, and hot water from the copper 

 in the boiling-house, next to the saddle-room. The 

 hunting-stable affords accommodation for nineteen 

 horses ; the coach-stable for eight ; the racing-stable for 

 seven ; the hack stable for five ; the hospital for two ; 

 and the back yard for four post-horses. 



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