Stable and Coachhouse Range Immediately West of Sharpham is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1993. Stable and coachhouse range.

Stable and Coachhouse Range Immediately West of Sharpham

WRENN ID
waning-oriel-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1993
Type
Stable and coachhouse range
Address
Stable and Coachhouse Range Immediately West of Sharpham, Ashprington
OS grid reference
SX 826 578
Coordinates
50.40898, -3.65311
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stable and coach house range, located immediately west of Sharpham, dates from the late 18th century to early 19th century, with later alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed from local slate rubble and features slate and scantle slate roofs, some of which have been replaced with asbestos tiles.

The building is roughly square in plan, arranged around a courtyard, with stables on three sides and coach houses on the fourth north side, which flanks a central carriageway. There are small tack rooms on either side of the carriageway. The structure likely evolved in phases starting around 1770, coinciding with the construction of Sharpham House. The east range has been converted into a dwelling in the 20th century, while the south range is now used as dairies.

The exterior is one storey with lofts. The north elevation features a central carriageway with a limestone ashlar elliptical arch, which includes alternating large and small voussoirs, tooled pilasters with fluted capitals, small roundels, and plank double doors. Inside the carriageway, there are partition side walls with brick nogging and flush-panel doors leading to the tack rooms.

Within the courtyard, the elevations display central elliptical arches for the stables and 16-panel sash windows, most of which are original. Flanking the carriageway are two pairs of plank double doors leading to the coach houses, with the left-hand door replaced by corrugated asbestos sheets.

Inside, the building features a late 19th century soft-wood king-post roof structure, but none of the stable stalls remain. It is uncertain whether Sir Robert Taylor, the architect of Sharpham House, was directly involved in the design of the stables.

Local climate

Stable and Coachhouse Range Immediately West of Sharpham receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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