Stantaway Farmhouse Including Stable Block Adjoining To North East

OTTERTON FORE STREET (north side), SY 0885 Otterton 7/148 Stantaway Farmhouse including 24.7.85 stable-block adjoining to north- east GV II House, former farmhouse and stables. Probably C16 and C17 origins, apparently rebuilt in mid C19. Plastered stone rubble including some cob; brick stacks and chimney shafts; slate roofs. Stable block is exposed stone rubble with brick dressings and slate roof. 3-room-and-through-passage plan house facing south-east onto Fore Street. The layout may derive from a C16 or C17 hall-house but no early fabric shows to support such a hypothesis. The passage is left of centre and contains the stairs. The end rooms have gable end stacks and the centre room has a rear lateral stack. The stable block projects at right angles to rear of the right end and the room closest the house is domestic. Service outshots across the rest of the rear. 2 storeys. Regular but not symmetrical 4-window front of C19 and C20 casements with glazing bars. Front passage doorway left of centre contains a C19 6-panel door. Roof is gable-ended. Stable block is also gable-ended and contains a C19 casement with glazing bars to each front near room the house. Behind that the former stables proper contain a C19 plank door, a contemporary unglazed window to left and a hayloft loading hatch. The gable end has C20 garage doors with a C19 casement with glazing bars under a brick segmental arch to the hayloft. Interior shows only C19 and C20 joinery detail. Roof not inspected. Stantaway Farmhouse with its attractive group of farmbuildings (q.v.) to rear is one of a good group of listed buildings in Otterton Village.

Listing NGR: SY0836685332