Description

SY 2493 COLYTON SOUTH STREET 24/202 COLYTON

8.5.67 Great House

II*

House, all that remains of a large Elizabethan house. Circa late C16. Stone rubble with freestone dressings, and slate roof with hipped and stone coped gable ends. U-shaped on plan with wings to north-west and south-west. Two storeys. The south-east garden front has five three light ovolo moulded stone mullion windows to first floor with moulded string at cill level - said to have been a long gallery. Passageway through to rear where there are two wings, the north-west wing has hipped roof and pigeon holes to first floor. The south elevation of the south-west wing has chequered knapped flintwork on first floor, moulded stringcourse at floor level, symmetrical three bays with moulded three light stone mullion windows with leaded panes and dripmoulds, centre first floor one light window with cusped head. Ashlar chimney stacks with moulded caps. In the angle of the south-west wing, gabled with window with two pointed arch lights and moulded wood door-frame with cambered head. Interior: three C16 Tudor arched stone chimneypieces. North-east first floor room has bolection moulded chimneypiece with moulded plaster. Stuart arms above. Duke of Monmouth is said to have stayed in this house and the Stuart arms were put up to show loyalty to the King. Former seat of the Yonge family. The house was built by John Yonge an eminent Elizabethan merchant. His son Walter Yonge (1579-1649) lived at the Great House and here wrote much of his well-known diary (1604-28) which was published by the Camden Society in 1848.

Listing NGR: SY2464393921

External Links

• Great House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17546854

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey