Stables Approximately 5 Metres North Of Bush House

SX 69 NE SPREYTON

1/281 Stables approximately 5 metres north of Bush House

GV II

Stables, former linhay. Late C17 or C18. Plastered cob on stone rubble footings, weather-boarded front; thatch roof. Plan and exterior description: the stable block faces south-east into the courtyard behind Bush House (q.v). It was originally an open-fronted linhay except at the right end where the cob wall returns half a bay across the front. The front was weather-boarded in the C20 and there are stable doors each end and C20 windows above. The centre portion has been since knocked out for a car port. The roof is half-hipped to right and gable-ended to left where it abuts a later stable block (q.v). Behind this is the original 5-bay front. Large roughly-finished crossbeams rest on monolithic granite posts. On the top timber posts rise through the tallet/hayloft and curve inwards to clasp the outer principals of A-frame trusses with pegged lap-jointed collars. This stable (former linhay) and the outer thatched farmbuildings associated with Bush House (q.v) form an attractive group in the village.

Listing NGR: SX6983596811