The Stable Block is the beating heart of the Garden
Here you will find Caffi Botanica, Gift Shop, reception area and offices.
But 200 years ago, the Stable Block was home to 22 carriage and riding horses, two large coach houses, a harness room, lofts and rooms for coachmen and stable boys.
Each pen had a wooden plaque stating the horse’s name, height, birth date and parentage. When these horses died they were given honourable burials.
Doves were also kept here, in the spaces within the brickwork, but now it is home to nesting house martins and swallows.