Stables And Coach House Approximately 30 Metres North-West Of Cotleigh House

COTLEIGH COTLEIGH ST 20 SW 11/11 Stables and coach house - approximately 30 metres north-west of Cotleigh House GV II

Coach house and stables. Late C18 or early C19, maybe including some walling from an earlier church house or cottages. Local stone rubble with brick dressings, the front is wholly brick on low stone rubble footings; it is Flemish bond brickwork with some burnt headers; slate roof, maybe thatch originally. Plan: large coachhouse and stables. The building impinges into the north-east corner of the churchyard but backs onto it. It faces west onto the cobbled stable yard. There is a large coach house either end of a stable which breaks forward a little from the main block. There are haylofts over. Exterior: the centre part of the front (the stables) breaks forward. Each end is a large coach house doorway with segmental arch heads and containing large double doors. The stable has a symmetrical 2-window front around a central doorway. This doorway has a pointed arch head; it contains a 2-flap door and overlight with Y- tracery glazing bars and a pattern of leaded glass panes following the Y-tracery pattern. The doorway is flanked by pointed arch-headed windows also containing original Y-tracery glazing bars but the glass here has been replaced. The first floor windows are also arch-headed but have no glazing bars; they have gables over. The main roof is hipped each end and sweeps forward in a curve to the front projection. In the right (north) end wall there is a hayloft loading hatch which rises a short distance into the eaves and the roof sweeps over in an undulating eyebrow. In the left (south) end wall overlooking the churchyard is a complete original window; it has a pointed arch head, Y-tracery glazing bars and panes of leaded glass which follow the shape of the glazing bars. Interior: not inspected. This fine coach house and stable block is probably contemporary with Cotleigh House (q.v). Its position in relation to the churchyard suggests that it may occupy the site of a church house or cottages but there is no obvious evidence for an earlier building in the masonry.

Listing NGR: ST2062802247