What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: The Riding School of the Rutland Fencible Cavalry. The Riding School was built in 1794-1795 by Gerald Noel Edwards MP for Rutland, who lived over the road at Catmose. The Rutland Fencible Cavalry was a home defence force formed at the time of the French Revolutionary Wars. During World War I the building housed the state carriages of the King of Belgium
Gerald Noel Edwards MP built the Riding School for the Rutland Fencible Cavalry in 1794-1795, which served as a home defence force during the French Revolutionary Wars and later housed Belgian royal carriages during World War I.
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