Description

KINGSTEIGNTON SK . b 4/112 Whiteway Barton including garden walls, gatepiers and railings 23.8.55 II

Large house. Late C17, possibly a remodelling of an earlier building. Rendered stone rubble, 2 walls said to have been rebuilt in brick; asbestos slate roof (formerly thatched), gabled at ends; rear lateral stack to main range, right end stack, axial stacks to cross wings. Plan unclear at time of survey (1986) as access to interior unobtainable. Probably a 3 room plan main range (facing south) with a rear stair wing. The rear left cross wing is said to be a service wing containing the kitchen, with a lofted barn at the end, the rear right cross wing is probably for additional accommodation but said to be derelict internally. Asymmetrical 7 window front with regular fenestration and plain 2-storey buttresses or piers at the left and right end. 3 windows to the left and 4 to the right of the entrance bay which is flanked by similar 2-storey buttresses. Probably C19 porch on timber posts, additional doorway to right of centre. Very fine set of C17 2-light casement windows with high transoms and square leaded panes. The east elevation of the east cross wing has 2 gabled dormers with similar windows, one 3-light casement with square leaded panes and 1 smaller 2-light window. The rear (north) wall of this wing is said to be brick. The west elevation of the west wing has C20 windows. Approximately U-plan courtyard to the rear formed by the cross wings. Between the wings is a projecting stair wing with 1 ground floor 3-light casement with a moulded frame and small panes, 2 first floor high transomed 2-light windows with leaded panes and one 2-light window in the gable. A more shallow projection adjoining this wing contains the rear door and two 2-light high transomed windows both formerly with leaded panes, the right hand window has been reglazed in the late C20. The return of the east wing (facing the courtyard has a 3-light ground floor window with a moulded frame. The courtyard elevation of the west wing has 2 first floor high transomed windows with leaded panes and a flight of stone steps leading to the first floor. A separately-roofed lofted barn adjoins the end of this wing. Interior not inspected but almost certainly contains features of interest, and is said to have moulded cornices and ornamental plasterwork. A fine C17 building, possibly with an earlier core with remarkable surviving fenestration. Whiteway Barton is in the site of a Doomsday Manor and was the scene of the murder of Gilbert Yarde in 1783.

Listing NGR: SX8846075153

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