Gothick Ruin 200 Metres North East Of Blagdon Hall

STANNINGTON BLAGDON NZ 2177 13/78 Gothick ruin 200 28.4.69 metres north-east of Blagdon Hall GV II Folly, early C19. Roughly-squared stone with cut dressings. Gothick style. A tall piece of wall with a partly-blocked window of 3 pointed-arched lights, a small 2-light opening above and a Classical scrolly bracket built in above that; set slightly forward to the right, a lower fragment shows a pointed doorway with hoodmould. Set in the ground immediately in front is a stone coffin with part of its lid, plain and of slightly arched section.

Reputedly brought from the medieval hospital site at Hartford Bridge, along with a small square stone with a simple chip-carved cross,set in the central light of the blocked window, which might be a C12 headstone (cf. Pittington, County Durham).

Listing NGR: NZ2175577136