Stables And Coach House Approximately 1.5 Metres East Of Holcombe Court is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1988. Stables and coach house.

Stables And Coach House Approximately 1.5 Metres East Of Holcombe Court

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Devon
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1988
Type
Stables and coach house
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A mid-16th century stable and coach house, significantly refurbished in 1845, as indicated by a date stone. The building is approximately 1.5 metres east of Holcombe Court. Constructed of local grey limestone rubble in rough courses, with Beerstone detailing, it features a slate roof. The L-shaped design forms two sides of a courtyard, with a third side separately listed alongside a dovecote. The long, south-east facing front incorporates, from left to right, a coach house, office, another coach house, a grooms cottage, and a tack room. The office and grooms cottage both include axial stacks for heating. A stable block projects forward as a crosswing at the north-east end. The building is two storeys high throughout, with haylofts above the coach houses and stables.

The front elevation has an irregular appearance. The gabled central bay projects slightly, containing a wide, segmental-headed coach house doorway with a hayloft loading hatch above, hooded for protection. To the left is another similar coach house with a 16th-century Beerstone Tudor arch doorway and a 19th-century Tudor-style stone mullioned three-light window above. Further left, another gabled bay, housing the office, features 19th-century Tudor windows and a door. At the far left end is another coach house doorway. To the right of the central bay is a 16th-century Beerstone mullioned window with old leaded rectangular panes. A stone mounting block sits in front of the building. Further right are two doorways and a first-floor window, all in a 19th-century Tudor style. A short wall containing a Tudor doorway connects the building to the main house. The rear of the main block exhibits several 16th-century Beerstone windows with apparently in situ, hollow-chamfered mullions.

The stable block’s crosswing front shows evidence of multiple build phases. The features are predominantly 19th century, with the sole 16th-century element – a two-light window – having been reset. Three doorways are present (the right one is blocked), along with two ground floor windows. A date plaque bearing the inscription "PFB" is positioned above the central doorway. Both roofs are gable-ended.

Internal inspection was limited, revealing carpentry details that are plain and date to the 19th century. The stables retain good stall fittings from the mid-19th century. The building incorporates substantial 16th-century fabric and forms part of a group of ancillary buildings associated with Holcombe Court and other buildings at the upper end of Holcombe Rogus village.

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