Penton, Including Garden Walls And Stable Block

CREDITON

SS8300 PENTON LANE 672-1/3/142 (East side) 11/10/72 Penton,including garden walls and stable block

GV II

Small villa including garden walls and stable block. Circa 1820, incorporating a possibly earlier cottage; stable block late C19. Roughcast cob; slate roof, hipped at ends; 2 rear stacks. Stable block brick. Plan: single depth, 2 rooms wide, with a central entrance. The ground slopes sharply away to the right (east) and a second block to the right is lower down and faces into a service yard. A front right wing with a monopitch roof at right angles to the main block provides extra accommodation over a service room (possibly an old dairy) which faces into the service yard. The yard is completed by a Victorian stable block, parallel to the wing. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4-bay front with regular fenestration. 4-panel front door to left of centre, the top panels glazed with geometric glazing bars, doorcase with panelled reveals. 2 French windows to the left, one to the right: 2-leaf with small panes, the top panes with Gothick arched glazing bars to the heads. First floor window left and 2 right hand windows are 12-pane sashes with Gothick arched panes at the top. 6-pane casement above the front door with similar Gothick treatment to the panes. The inner return of the wing is stuccoed with deep eaves with a boarded soffit and paired eaves brackets. 4-bay verandah on cast iron columns with a lead tent roof and a 5th similar bay on the south end return. The service yard has pitched stone paving. Tall, rendered garden walls to the garden to the south has tiled coping. Interior: Original features include panelled doors and shutters.

Listing NGR: SS8375200524