Gatehouse, Adjoining Cottages to East, and Ruined Structure to West is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1969. Gatehouse, cottages.
Gatehouse, Adjoining Cottages to East, and Ruined Structure to West
- WRENN ID
- shifting-railing-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1969
- Type
- Gatehouse, cottages
- OS grid reference
- ST 076 366
- Coordinates
- 51.12192, -3.32155
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gatehouse, along with a range of cottages to the east and a ruined structure to the west, is located in Combe Sydenham, StoGumber. This building complex dates back to the early 16th century, with alterations made in the 17th and 19th centuries. At the time of the survey in January 1984, the gatehouse and the western range were undergoing reconstruction.
The gatehouse is constructed from red sandstone random rubble and stands three storeys tall with one bay. It does not have a parapet and is in the process of being reconstructed. The entrance front on the south side features a renewed square-headed opening under a wooden lintel, while the rear elevation has a chamfered four-centred arched opening. A stair turret in the northwest corner is lit by lancet windows and rises above the cornice.
The adjoining range of three cottages is roughcast over random rubble, with a chamfered southeast corner and a slate roof that is hipped to the right. There are brick stacks located between the third and fourth bays on the left above the entrance, and between the first and second bays on the right, likely part of the original gable end. These cottages are two storeys high with six bays, featuring a mix of 19th-century casements. The entrances are plank doors with pentice porches supported by shaped brackets, located in the second bay on the right, and between the third and fourth bays on the right and second and third bays on the left.
The ruined structure to the west of the gatehouse is also made of red sandstone random rubble and is roofless and gutted, standing two storeys tall with few remaining features from the 16th century.
Local climate
Gatehouse, Adjoining Cottages to East, and Ruined Structure to West receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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