Description

STOKENHAM
SX84SW Stables about 30 metres
8/180 North West of Widdicombe
House

GV II

Stables. Circa 1720-5, contemporary with Widdicombe House (qv); extended in
C19. Slate rubble. Bituminised half-hipped roof partly recald in
corrugated iron. Some old crested ridge tiles survive.
Plan: Rectangular stable range with projecting entrance porch at centre of
front, and with loft above with access via a doorway at the left end where
the ground level is higher. In C19 an outshut was built in front of the
right hand end and another outshut was added to the right hand end.
Exterior: 1 storey plus loft. Symmetrical front with hipped roof
projecting porch at centre. Row of pigeon holes under the eaves with
continuous stone ledge below. One doorway in porch and 3 to left, but wall
to right of porch obscured by the C19 outshut with a lean-to roof. Another
C19 outshut with lean-to roof on right hand end. Loft doorway on left hand
end.
Interior: Chamfered ceiling beams with run-out stops. Later boarded stall
partitions, iron railed above. The roof structure at the left hand end
rebuilt in C20.

Listing NGR: SX8114941750

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26610765

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)