Coach House And Stabling At Approx 20M North Of The Home Farmhouse And Including Courtyard Wall And Gate-Piers To Front (South East)

SW 84 SW KEA

2/182 Coach House and stabling at approx 20m north of The Home Farmhouse and 30.5.67 including courtyard wall and gate- piers to front (south east) (Formerly listed as stabling at Killiow)

GV II*

Coach house and stables.Circa mid C19. Granite ashlar front, otherwise killas rubble with granite quoins, jambstones and arch stones. Hipped mostly dry Delabole slate roofs surrounding cobbled courtyard with lean-to cloister on 3 sides. 2 axial brick chimneys towards middle of coach house and 2 lateral beick chimneys over rear wall to left and right. Clock and bellcote over entrance. Plan of single depth buildings surrounding rectangular courtyard with open cloister or covered walk to link stabling to coach house. Coach house to front with central carriage way and 3 coach houses to each side. Stair projection outshuts to rear each side of carriage way. Accommodation for stable staff over. Coach houses to right of entrance converted to further accommodation circa early C19. Coach house is 2 storeys but stabling is single storey. Symmetrical 3:1:3 bay south east front with tall central round-arched pedimented carriage way entrance broken forward slightly. Square ashlar clock turret over with round clock face and surmounted by octagonal open cupola with finial and weather vane. To left and right of entrance are 3 wide carriage doorways spanned by shallow segmental arches: original pairs of ledged and braced door to left, but openings to right are blocked, and except for one to far right have C20 windows. Over each doorway is lunette window. Similar lunettes to stair turret at rear of coach house. South east 1:1:1 bay front within courtyard with central bay with stepped parapet broken forward. Granite mounting block in front with 4 steps to each side. 2-light window to each bay with round-arched lights and glazing bars and flat, keyed arches over (Other windows facing into courtyard are similar). Round-arched doorways to far left and right with ledged doors and vertically glazed fanlights over. The other 3 elevations within the courtyard have open covered walks carried on iron stanchions and with open barrel vault to main entrance. Other doorways have shallow brick arches and ledged doors. Cast iron ogee gutters. Interior Many of the stables have their original cobbled standings and some are complete with wooden ramped partitions and iron hay racks. A good example of C19 efficiently planned stabling and with strong architectural qualities.

Listing NGR: SW8039742241