Doorway Adjoining North East Corner Of Black Hall

NORTH HUISH SX75NW AVONWICK 4/457 11.11.52 Doorway adjoining NE corner of Black Hall (formerly listed as archway at Black Hall)

GV II

Doorway of former house, reused as garden gateway. Dated 1651. Granite. Wide doorway with roll moulded segmental arch and jambs, the spandrels carved with a scroll or arabesque design, the outer frame chamfered with a small coat of arms above and date 1651; the whole framed by a label with flowers carved in the stops. Reseat in a garden wall adjoining the north east corner of Black Hall (qv). From the mid C17 Black Hall was the seat of the Fowells of Fowellscombe, their main seat in Ugborough parish (qv), and now in ruins. In 1815 Black Hall was sold to Hubert Cornish who built the present house and reused this doorway from the old house.

Listing NGR: SX7130157646