Russley Park Training Stables Wiltshire

These extensive stables which are now approaching completion are being erected for Col W Hall Walker MP. The loose boxes are constructed of timber framing, all horizontal timbers being splayed to throw off the weather and boarded on the inside with two thicknesses of boards with Engert and Rolfe’s hair bitumen felt between/ The roofs are covered with brown Broxley tiles. Each box has a window both back and front, fitted with fall-back casements, providing a through current of air above the horses’ heads. The tackle rom block contains bedrooms for about 24 lads and is built of brick and white roughcast with half-timber gables. The complete scheme includes hospital boxes, carpenter’s blacksmith’s and saddler’s shops, corn stores etc. not shown on this drawing. Messrs W Thornton and Sons, Liverpool, are the builders. [British Architect 22 May 1908 Page 368 and illustration]

Reference           British Architect 22 May 1908 Page 368 and illustration