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In the entry for

SY 29 SE AXMOUTH MUSBURY ROAD

14/629 Garden walls immediately south of Stedcombe House

II*(Star) the entry shall be amended to read:

SY 29 SE AXMOUTH MUSBURY ROAD 14/629 Outbuildings, garden walls and enclosing wall and balustrade to Stedcombe House GV II* (Star)

Outbuildings, former stableyard. 1690s, partly rebuilt in early C19. Flemish bond brick; slate lean-to roof to east range and gabled corrugated asbestos roof to south range. L-plan, linked by wall with archway to SE. East range mostly of one storey with rubbed brick arches over doors and windows, the section to north retaining its 2- storey elevation with segmental-arched door and window. South range of 2 storeys with segmental-arched double doorway and windows and inserted late C19 loft door and central double entry. Mid C19 roof to interior. Yard to W enclosed. Garden walls of 1690s of stone- coped Flemish bond brick, with steps and gadrooned urns to enclosure of approx 30 x 35 m to N (to which outbuildings are attached on W side) and lower kitchen garden enclosure of approx 30 x 30 m to S. Gravel paths around house (q.v.) are enclosed by low stone-coped brick walls, heavily restored in 1989, with Portland stone balustrade and flight of steps of W side.

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SY 29 SE AXMOUTH MUSBURY ROAD 14/629 Garden Walls immediately south of Stedcombe House

II*

Garden walls. Circa early-mid C18. Red brick walls in Flemish bond and with stone coping enclosing two rectangular terrace gardens. Immediately in front of the house at the centre a flight of steps to the upper garden with brick piers either side complete with stone cornices and urns. At lower level to south a second walled in enclosure is the kitchen garden.

Listing NGR: SY2641991982

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