Description

BARNSTAPLE

SS5532 STATION ROAD
684-1/4/7 Warehouse known as Old
19/04/85 Slaughterhouse SSW of Long Bridge,
Lower Sticklepath
(Formerly Listed as:
BARNSTAPLE JUNCTION
Lower Sticklepath
Warehouse known as The Old
Slaughterhouse immed. SSW of Long
Bridge)

II

Warehouse, once used as slaughterhouse and later converted to
railway use. c1840 to 1846. Built for Sir Bourchier Wrey of
Tawstock House. Coursed stone rubble with rusticated quoins
and architraves to openings. Low pitched dry slate hipped roof
with overhanging eaves. Lead rolls to hips and ridge. Long
rectangular plan.
2 storeys. Widely-spaced 6-window range to NW front. Wide,
almost square, rectangular window openings with rusticated
stone jambs and flat arches with keystone. 3 loading doors at
level between ground and first storeys in plain openings with
segmental dressed stone arches. Similar openings on opposite
SE side. Some of the window openings are blocked and some of
the frames seem to be later insertions. The SW end has wide
full-height doorway with rusticated stone jambs and with eaves
above projecting to form a canopy. This opening is not shown
on the 1846 or 1849 prints. The opposite NE end has ground
storey opening with rusticated stone jambs and probably later
timber lintel with relieving arch. The ground level has been
raised a few feet around the building. Later floors inserted
inside. The roof has queen-post trusses. The NW front is not
depicted on the tithe map of 1840, but is illustrated in
prints of 1846 and 1849.
HISTORY: The warehouse known as The Old Slaughterhouse was
formerly partially tenanted by Longbridge Motors.

Listing NGR: SS5569732794

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26665134

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)