Description

SX 97 NW ASHCOMBE

8/3 Groom's Cottage at Ashcombe Tower
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GV II

Groom's Cottage at the entrance to the drive to Ashcombe Tower (q.v.). Designed by
Brian O'Rorke and contemporary with Ashcombe Tower, designed 1933-6. Stone rubble,
whitewashed and rendered with rusticated stone quoins, similar to those at Ashcombe
Tower ; thatched roof, half-hipped at ends ; central axial stack with rusticated
stone shaft. Free Vernacular Revival style, similar to the exterior of the house.
Plan: 2 rooms wide wih a central entrance and rear service rooms in an outshut.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay front with a central front door with
rusticated jambs and a flat porch canopy on brackets. 2-light casement windows with
glazing bars, one on either side of the door and one first floor window above.
Interior: Not inspected.
The cottage is part of a stable yard which originally included garages and petrol
pumps. The yard buildings were all thatched, the Groom's Cottage is the only
surviving thatched building in the group.

"Ashcombe Tower, South Devon", Country Life, Feb 13 (1937).

Listing NGR: SX9274177619

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26595275

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)