Description

CHULMLEIGH
SS 61 SE
5/11 Stables south of
Colleton Manor
- II*

Stable range. Circa early C17, altered in circa late C19, Coursed and dressed
local sedimentary stone. Slate roof with later granite coping to the gable
ends.
Plan: Rectangular on plan with a doorway at the centre of both front and back
walls; the rear (north) doorway now blocked. At the left hand (east) end there
is an extension (a tack room) and probably a cartshed which is now incorporated
into the adjoining gamekeeper's cottage qv.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical north front facing the house. Central
doorway with late C19 plank door and C19 2-light casements with glazing bars on
ground floor, one to the left and two to the right. On the first floor to the
right a loading door with late C19 plank door; all with cement rendered wooden
lintels. At the left set back slightly a small slit window on the ground floor
with hollow chamfer and round head with a hoodlmould.
The west gable end has a large late C19 or early C20 mullion - transom window
with leaded panes. The south elevation has a blocked central doorway and
blocked ground floor window to left and right.
Interior: 5 large chamfered cross-beams with step stops, those at the ends are
half-beams. The stall are C19 and on the front wall and in the tack room there
are large wooden pegs. The tack room has a small Gothic cast-iron fire-grate
in the corner.
The original 3-bay roof survives; 2 raised cruck trusses with 3 ties of
threaded purlins, the lower purlin at wall plate level, threaded diagonal
ridgepiece and cranked collars mortice and tenoned to the principals. The
common-rafters have been replaced.

Listing NGR: SS6688114611

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17531722

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