Agricultural Outbuildings Adjoining to North of Woodbeer Court

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PLYMTREE ST 00 SE 3/137 Agricultural outbuildings - adjoining to north of Woodbeer Court GV II*

A group of agricultural outbuildings. Early C18, maybe in 2 phases, some minor C19 and C20 alterations and repairs. Flemish bond brick including burnt headers near to the farmhouse, some on local stone rubble footings; slate and corrugaged iron roof, probably thatch originally. Plan: a group of largely contemporary farmbuildings and outbuildings built to accompany a major refurbishment of Woodbeer Court (q.v). They completed a courtyard to rear of the house. In the early C18 a second rear wing was added to the house. The first part was domestic and included in the house. However, behind it the wing continues as the west wing of the courtyard which contains a cellar or store with a granary above. It is separated from the house by a carriageway. The north side of the courtyard is completed by a former stable with hayloft over. The north wing continues and projects westward, first with a cider house, then as a shippon (now pighouse) on a slightly different alignment and ends with a small barn which has been made in the truncated end of the range. Exterior: the original doorways and windows are consistent in style throughout. They have low segmental brick arches over. Changes to the original fabric are generally easily recognized since they employ hard machine brick. Most of the joinery detail appears to have been replaced but some may be C18. The carriageway through the west wing is a flat-headed arch and the oak lintel on the courtyard side is chamfered and scroll stopped. The doorway in the carriageway is probably original; a plain unchamfered frame contains a large plank door which includes a wicket with a segmental arch head. An external flight of stone steps leads from the courtyard to the stable hayloft. All the doorways in the cider house and shippon section have been altered. The roofs are gable-ended. Interior: the carpentry detail throughout is plain but sturdy using roughly- chamfered crossbeams and A-frame trusses with pegged and spiked lap-jointed collars. The cider house contains the remains of the press. These outbuildings represent a good group of early C18 farmbuildings in their own right. The attractive local brick is early for Devon. However their intimate and complimentary relationship with the well-preserved small mansion of Woodbeer Court (q.v) gives them added importance. Source: the architects, Redfern, Gilpin, and Riley of Exeter, have measured plans and elevations (1986).

Listing NGR: ST0657004019

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