Description

SS 90 SE BROADCLYST KILLERTON PARK

2/98 Former Stable Block 260
- metres east of Killerton
11.11.52 House
- II

Former stables to Killerton House (now National Trust shop/ticket office). 1778 by
John Johnson. Coursed rubble volcanic trap with dressings of ashlar under slate
hipped roof. Quadrangular plan with opposed main entrances.
Front: 5 round-headed recessed bays with ashlar impost and keyblocks, the tympanum
of each bay with semi-circular window with radiating bars, the arcade otherwise
blind, stand to either side of a central, slightly projecting, round-headed entrance
under a pediment (the modillion cornice of which runs along the entire front)Central
axial octagonal clock turret clock, and bellcote with leaded tent cap, supported by
eight chamfered timber columns. Bell and gear intact, but perhaps missing weather
vane. Internal faces of main entrances also with pediments. A third entrance in
right-hand range is a simple round-headed arch with brick soffit. Blind arcade to
rear of front range, 4 bays. Internal face of rear range with 2 large round-headed
carriage doors to each side of central archway. Rear elevation quite plain. A 2-
storey cottage has been inserted into part of the right-hand range. The clock has a
very pretty cast iron frame, according to John Scott.

Listing NGR: SS9761700101

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26464296

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide