Stables About 30 Metres North West Of Widdicombe House

STOKENHAM SX84SW Stables about 30 metres 8/180 North West of Widdicombe House

GV II Stables. Circa 1720-5, contemporary with Widdicombe House (qv); extended in C19. Slate rubble. Bituminised half-hipped roof partly recald in corrugated iron. Some old crested ridge tiles survive. Plan: Rectangular stable range with projecting entrance porch at centre of front, and with loft above with access via a doorway at the left end where the ground level is higher. In C19 an outshut was built in front of the right hand end and another outshut was added to the right hand end. Exterior: 1 storey plus loft. Symmetrical front with hipped roof projecting porch at centre. Row of pigeon holes under the eaves with continuous stone ledge below. One doorway in porch and 3 to left, but wall to right of porch obscured by the C19 outshut with a lean-to roof. Another C19 outshut with lean-to roof on right hand end. Loft doorway on left hand end. Interior: Chamfered ceiling beams with run-out stops. Later boarded stall partitions, iron railed above. The roof structure at the left hand end rebuilt in C20.

Listing NGR: SX8114941750