▁or ▁st ables ▁was ▁for ▁Col . ▁My tt on ▁( D ever e ux ▁My tt on ). ▁It ▁is ▁often ▁stated ▁that ▁the ▁architect ▁was ▁John ▁C . ▁L oud on , ▁but ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁document ary ▁evidence ▁to ▁suggest ▁that ▁he ▁did ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁pre lim inary ▁sketch ▁and ▁plan ▁for ▁a ▁stable ▁block ▁and ▁circular ▁R iding ▁school ▁for ▁the ▁st ables , ▁which ▁was ▁rejected ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁another ▁un named ▁architect . ▁ ▁Gar th ▁is ▁built ▁in ▁Goth ic ▁Rev ival ▁style ▁with ▁decor ative ▁diagonal ▁but tr esses ▁and ▁grace ful ▁cro cket ed ▁sp ires . ▁The ▁smooth , ▁rather ▁bare ▁walls ▁were ▁faced ▁with ▁yellow - gre y ▁stone , ▁ ▁probably ▁from ▁the ▁C ef n ▁quar ry ▁near ▁Min era . ▁The ▁windows ▁have ▁flat ▁o ge e ▁profiles ▁and ▁arch ed ▁mer l ons ▁with ▁ball - fin ial s . ▁From ▁the ▁centre ▁of ▁the ▁south ▁front ▁the ▁sal oon ▁project ed ▁- ▁tur ret ed , ▁and ▁with ▁a ▁vast ▁trac er ied ▁window , ▁above ▁which , ▁the ▁c ren ell ation ▁rose ▁and ▁fell . ▁A ▁ver anda ▁along ▁this ▁front ▁was ▁wrapped ▁round ▁the ▁oct ag onal ▁b ows ▁at ▁either ▁end . ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁res embl ance ▁to ▁Thomas ▁John es ’ ▁H af od ▁in ▁Cer ed ig ion , ▁which ▁was ▁g oth ic ised ▁by ▁John ▁Nash ▁( arch itect ) ▁in ▁ 1 7 9 1 -