Blachford Including Service Wing And Stables To East

Blachford, including the service wing and stables to the east, is a large house located in a landscaped park. It has origins dating back to the 16th century, although it was largely rebuilt in the 18th century, with some alterations and additions made in the early 19th century. The building is constructed of granite rubble with dressed granite quoins and features a slate hipped roof behind a rendered parapet with a moulded cornice. The house has a half H-shaped plan with wings at the rear and is two storeys tall with an attic.

The front facade consists of 2:5:2 bays, with the projecting end two bays being early 19th-century additions. The right-hand first-floor bay is blind. Most of the sash windows have glazing bars and are set within moulded architraves with cornices. The central doorway is flanked by stone pilasters and features an entablature and a fielded panel door, topped by an early 19th-century Tuscan porch. At the rear, there is a gabled section that is slate hung between the wings.

The service wing and stables to the east are set back and have an L-shaped plan. They are built of granite ashlar and have a steeply pitched hipped slate roof. This structure is two storeys high and features five by five bays of sash windows, along with a wooden ballcote over the roof. A large moulded granite 4-centred arch doorway with carved spandrels and a hoodmould has been reset in the east end wall. Inside the stables, there are 18th-century arcaded stalls.

The interior of the main house includes an 18th-century staircase in a large open well with balusters and carved tread ends. The drawing room features a modillion cornice and frieze. Although the remainder of the house has not been inspected, it appears that much of the 18th-century joinery is intact. Blachford is noted as a Domesday manor and became the seat of the Rogers family. According to W.G. Hoskins in "A New Survey of England, Devon," the house was rebuilt in the 17th century.