Coach House And Stables Approximately 1 Metre North East Of Parford House

SX 78 NW 7/127

DREWSTEIGNTON SANDYPARK

Coach house and stables approximately 1 metre north-east of Parford House

GV II

Coach house (now garage) and stables, incorporating former linhay and bakehouse. C17, converted to present use in early C20. Granite stone rubble, plastered to front; disused granite stack; thatch roof. Plan and development: l-shaped building forming 2 sides of the service courtyard to east of Parford House. The longer block faces south and backs onto the road. It has a central cross passage with a clock tower over. To left is a store (maybe a tack room) with hayloft over, and to right 3 coach houses (now garages). Stables crosswing at left end in a taller block projecting forward and its roof carried over the drive carriageway at the front end. The south side of the courtyard is enclosed by a tall stone rubble wall. However the buildings incorporate older elements. The store room section of the main block was formerly an open-fronted 3-bay linhay and the stables crosswing was formerly a bakehouse and there is a large disused fireplace in its rear end wall. Exterior: the store has a doorway to right of this part. Small window alongside right and a casement with glazing bars to left. Garages have large plank doors. Gabled clock tower with painted clock face is surmounted by a wrought iron weather vane. Roof of main block is hipped to left and butts that of the crosswing to left. The stable block has 2 adjacent doors towards the left end. The right door has an overlight. Small window to right. There is a granite water trough and mounting block against this wall. The roof is hipped both ends. Interiors: are largely the result of the early C20 refurbishment and little structural carpentry is exposed. However the store room section of the main block has a C17 roof. It has a narrow span and has true cruck principals to rear and straight principals to the front supported on timber posts now buried in the wall. The lap-jointed collars are probably secondary. The stables have been converted to 2 loose boxes since the early C20. The massive C17 fireplace is blocked but it is clear that it is granite with a soffit-chamfered oak lintel of large scantling. 2- bay roof includes a large (probably C17) A-frame truss missing its collar. This is an attractive courtyard of service buildings associated with Parford House (q.v).

Listing NGR: SX7137089906