Stables and Coach Houses Approximately 10 Metres East of Rockbeare Manor is a Grade II* listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 1987. Stables, coach house.

Stables and Coach Houses Approximately 10 Metres East of Rockbeare Manor

WRENN ID
silent-steeple-raven
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 May 1987
Type
Stables, coach house
OS grid reference
SY 032 940
Coordinates
50.7377, -3.37312
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Stables and coach houses, likely dating from the mid-18th century, are situated approximately 10 metres east of Rockbeare Manor. The structures are built of red brick with limited use of limestone ashlar, covered by a slate roof. They encompass stables, coach houses, and a groom's cottage, arranged symmetrically around a courtyard. The front of the building faces west towards Rockbeare Manor, while the rear overlooks an early 19th-century model farmyard.

The main front block is H-shaped, featuring a central coach house flanked by projecting stable wings. Tall curtain walls project outwards from the middle of each stable wing, containing large round-headed arches that return inwards to enclose the cobbled courtyard. Similar buildings are located at each rear corner: a groom’s cottage to the left (north) and a coach house to the right.

The symmetrical front façade showcases Flemish bond brickwork with plain limestone ashlar imposts and keystones over the large round-headed arches. The recessed central coach house features three tall round-headed arches; two retain their original fielded panel doors, while the left-hand arch has been converted into a tack room with a rear stack and a part-glazed door. Each front end has a large flat-topped window beneath a brick relieving arch housing a replacement mullion-and-upper-transom window with glazing bars and a lunette window above with radial glazing bars. Internal doorways have tall overlights; the left is plink and the right is panelled. The interior contains good timber stalls with some early 19th-century cast ironwork. A timber modillion cornice runs along the front. The stable roofs are hipped at each end. The stable blocks feature rear loading hatches, with the southern one converted into a garage. The curtain walls contain large round-headed arches on the front, either side of the stables. The rear wall is terraced into a hillside, with steps leading up to the farmyard.

The groom’s cottage on the left corner has a lateral rear stack and a symmetrical two-window front, with a central doorway flanked by horned 24-pane sashes and first-floor casements with glazing bars. The coach house on the right corner is similar, featuring tall double doors within a round-headed arch, accompanied by pigeon holes in the upper section and flanked by blind windows painted with glazing bars. Both roofs are hipped at each end and have a timber modillion eaves cornice.

Rockbeare Manor, these stables and coach houses, and the rear farm buildings comprise a largely unaltered group showing the character of the Georgian and Regency periods, set within landscaped grounds.

Local climate

Stables and Coach Houses Approximately 10 Metres East of Rockbeare Manor receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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