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Stable Block Adjoining Tithe Barn to North-North-West

A Grade I Listed Building in Sowton, Devon

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.717 / 50°43'1"N

Longitude: -3.4441 / 3°26'38"W

OS Eastings: 298150

OS Northings: 91812

OS Grid: SX981918

Mapcode National: GBR P3.1CG4

Mapcode Global: FRA 37P5.S3B

Plus Code: 9C2RPH84+Q9

Entry Name: Stable Block Adjoining Tithe Barn to North-North-West

Listing Date: 19 March 1987

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1333998

English Heritage Legacy ID: 86176

ID on this website: 101333998

Location: Sowton, East Devon, EX5

County: Devon

District: East Devon

Civil Parish: Sowton

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Sowton St Michael and All Angels

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

Tagged with: Stable

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Description


SOWTO BISHOP'S COURT LANE
SX 99 SE
1/41 Stable block adjoining tithe
- barn to north-north-west

- I

Former stable block, now serving as storage area. Early C16. Heavitree stone,
ashlared; gabled-end pantiled roof. Volcanic trap to door and window frames.
Rectangular plan, 120' x 20', west side (facing the courtyard occupied to the south
by the Tithe Barn, q.v.) with 4 pointed arched doorways, 3 of them probably C19,
the other, opposing one to the east, chamfered with pyramid stops. Later (ie. mid
C19) square-headed one and 2-light windows with stone surrounds. The other long
elevation now forms one wall of an extensive late-C20 paint storehouse; 4
doorways, all with 2-centred arches, with 4 C16 square-headed windows towards the
south end. At the north end is a C16 moulded stone louvre and finial on the apex
of the gable wall.
Interior: 3 ceiling beams to the south incorporated into a reflooring in the C19,
the carpentry suggesting William White's work. North end with a first floor
Heavitree stone fireplace with segmental arched lintel. Early-C16 arched brace
roof, deeply chamfered, with 4 purlins.
Stalls: a complete set; they are not the original, but look early, with square-
section newels with moulded caps, chamfered and stopped, planked internal
partitions with iron struts above, twisted in the centre. The stable-block is
discussed by Dr Alcock, and it appears to be a fairly rare survival, with evidence
of grooms' quarters at the north end, heated by an end louvre.
N W Alcock, 'The Medieval Buildings of Bishop's Clyst', Trans. Devon Assoc.98
(1966).


Listing NGR: SX9815091812

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