The Stable Studios

The wooden stables and barn were built in the 1970s to house the family ponies and various agricultural equipment, when The Stable House was converted from a derelict Victorian stable block into a family home.

2020 saw Covid-19 bring changes to all of us wherever we are in the world; I think we would all agree that this was and has been an extremely unusual year.

Along with many people, we at The Stable House had to close our doors to the public towards the end of March.

This gave us the time to think about what we could do during this time.

Our immediate answer was to put a lot of time and energy into the Victorian Kitchen Garden which has housed pigs but not much else for many a year.  We rotavated over one of the old pig pens and planted a lot of potatoes; this then led on to much digging and planting and even more weeding over the Spring and Summer months and we are enjoying quite a variety of fruit and vegetables.

We also began to think what it would be like when we were able to re-open our doors.  We realised that it would be hard for us to have guests to stay in the main part of The Stable House as this means walking through our own living spaces.

A few years ago we had been granted planning permission for our stable-yard but it had never quite been the right time to start the work. 

We decided that now was the time - why now? you may ask with no income coming in; it just felt like the right time so we started talking to builders and miraculously we sold a warehouse in Corby at just the right moment to create some funding.