Coombe

ABBOTSHAM SS42NW 2/9 Coombe (formerly 20.2.58 listed as Coombe Manor House) GV. II House. Built 1616, for John Willett, woolstapler. Coursed slatestone rubble; late C19 gabled slate roof; stone right end stack with drip course; two stone lateral stacks with drip courses to centre and left of front wall. 3-unit plan with entry to former passage on right side of central hall. One storey and attic; 4-window range. Two-storey gabled porch to right of centre has C17 label mould over C20 two-light window above C17 chamfered square-headed doorway: C17 studded and panelled door set in moulded wood architrave with bar stop. Gabled dormers have timber lintels over mid C19 twelve-pane sashes; C17 label moulds (one to left of door has stops carved with initials EB) over late C19 French window to left, and C20 three to 4-light mullioned and transomed windows. Rear: mid C19 sashes and casements with glazing bars; two early/mid C19 gabled 2-storey extensions of similar materials with brick stacks, and doveholes in right gable end. Interior: room to right (former service room) has chamfered bressummer over open fireplace with cloam oven; room to centre has open fireplace and chamfered door frame to room on left (former parlour) which has fine early C17 plaster ceiling: foliate frieze with moulded cornice; ceiling has strapwork patterns, centred on flowers whose pointed leaves end in oak-leaf and acorn decoration. Rear left wing has late C19 dog-leg staircase with reset early C17 turned balusters. Feet of A-frame trusses visible on first floor: central room has plasterwork eschutcheon over fireplace, with strapwork patterns, vase of flowers in centre and S-scrolls with reversed heads (similar to those on bench ends of Abbotsham Church (q.v.)); fine mid C19 cast-iron grate. Roof not inspected.

Listing NGR: SS4247127178