Description

SY 59 NW MAPPERTON MAPPERTON
4-12-1951
8/91 South Stables
(Barn and Cart-Shed)

GV I

South Stable Block, probably always Barn and Cart-Shed. Dated
R.B. 1670 on keystone on south elevation. Dressed stone walls.
Stone slab roof with stone gable-copings. One storey with attics.
North elevation from west to east: barn porch, gabled, with large
round-headed entrance with moulded architrave. Massive dropped
key-block, and big moulded imposts. 3 pigeon-holes under the eaves.
4 sham windows, of 2-light mullion-and-transom design, matching
friezes and pediments to north stable. Blind window-spaces, black infill.
Doorway, with matching architectural details, also sham. Large
elliptical-headed doorway, fitted with panelled doors. The south wall
has 2 wide archways. Roof construction: principals come into wall,
onto individual block bedded in below eaves. This block crudely
jointed into side of a wall-post, supported on a stone corbel. Collars
jointed into side of principals.
Source: R.C.H.M. Dorset I, p 156(3).

Listing NGR: SY5029899653

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17532862

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