Stables, Coach House and Courtyard Walls Adjoining North-West of Widworthy Court is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 March 1988. Stables and coach house.
Stables, Coach House and Courtyard Walls Adjoining North-West of Widworthy Court
- WRENN ID
- sombre-crypt-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 March 1988
- Type
- Stables and coach house
- OS grid reference
- SY 206 996
- Coordinates
- 50.79107, -3.12728
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stables, coach house, and courtyard walls located to the north-west of Widworthy Court were built in 1830 by George Repton. They are constructed from local stone and flint rubble, featuring Bathstone ashlar details, and have a slate roof. The stable courtyard is bordered on the south-east by the service wing of Widworthy Court and a high wall. On the north-east side, there is a low building, likely originally used for woodsheds and stores, which has been converted for domestic use. At the north-west end, a wall contains an archway connecting this building to the stable block, which projects further to the right.
The exterior features a six-bay front for the stable and coach house, with three bays in the courtyard and three in the projection. The central courtyard bay slightly protrudes and includes a large round-headed arch with imposts, a keystone, and a plain architrave. Flanking the arch are plain pilasters that reach up to a moulded entablature, above which is an upper stage with a circular clock face, flanked by pairs of pilasters and a moulded entablature. A gabled bellcote with scrolls sits atop this structure. Smaller round-headed arches with plain imposts, keystones, and architraves are found on either side, now blocked by 20th-century windows with glazing bars. The other three bays have similar designs. The eaves cornice is a plain ashlar band, and the roof is hipped at both ends.
The tall south-west wall is made of ashlar on the exterior, with stone rubble and ashlar dressings. The gateway features a tall arch with plain imposts and keystones, along with a moulded cornice. Inside, to the right of the gateway, there is a water trough set in a low semi-circular wall, fed by a tap designed as a lion's head mask.
Local climate
Stables, Coach House and Courtyard Walls Adjoining North-West of Widworthy Court receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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