Pictured above is the entrance to the new stable block built by Henry Chaplin in the 1870's. The green door, that can be seen in the picture, is the door leading into the coach house where the carriages were housed. Behind this new block there were many more older stables, covering a much larger area. There was once a house standing on the site of the old stables, presumably, lived in by the head groom. During World War Two the Royal Air Force commandeered the Hall and used it, under the direction of RAF Digby, as a secret operations room. During this time many of the male RAF personnel were billeted in the old stables (pictured left). The old stables were designed by E.J. Willson in 1825 and built around this time. Reginald Williams in his article 'Return To Blankney',written for Lincolnshire Life magazine, and billeted there himself, said of the old stables 'they were well built and we made them very comfortable'.
