STONE GATEWAY AND COB GARDEN WALLS TO SOUTH-EAST OF WHELMSTONE BARTON

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Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1106995
Date first listed:: 26-Aug-1965
List Entry Name:: STONE GATEWAY AND COB GARDEN WALLS TO SOUTH-EAST OF WHELMSTONE BARTON
Statutory Address:: STONE GATEWAY AND COB GARDEN WALLS TO SOUTH-EAST OF WHELMSTONE BARTON

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1106995
Date first listed:: 26-Aug-1965
List Entry Name:: STONE GATEWAY AND COB GARDEN WALLS TO SOUTH-EAST OF WHELMSTONE BARTON
Statutory Address 1:: STONE GATEWAY AND COB GARDEN WALLS TO SOUTH-EAST OF WHELMSTONE BARTON

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: STONE GATEWAY AND COB GARDEN WALLS TO SOUTH-EAST OF WHELMSTONE BARTON

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Devon
District:: Mid Devon (District Authority)
Parish:: Colebrooke
National Grid Reference:: SS7503500636

Details

SS 70 SE 3/184 26.8.65

COLEBROOKE Stone gateway and cob garden- to south-east of Whelmstone Barton

GV II*

Gateway and garden walls. Gateway is early C17, cob walls variously C17, C18 and C19. Gateway of volcanic ashlar with some of coping replaced by C20 concrete. Walls of plastered or exposed cob on rubble footings, most with pantile copings From the front south-east of Whelmstone Barton (q.v.) cob walls enclose an irregularly-shaped front garden, sometimes using walls of standing agricultural buildings, sometimes left from demolished agricultural buildings. The south-east side includes remains of a 3-seater C19 privy. The south-west side includes an unusually grand early C17 stone gateway built in the same style and at the same time as the porch of the main house. It comprises a large round-headed arch with ogee-moulded surround and moulded hood. Above the arch is a niche with 3-centred arch head, a projecting soffit-moulded sill and a hoodmould. The gabled top has soffit-moulded coping and there is a ball finial at the apex. The arch is flanked by buttresses. Arch now contains wrought iron gates of circa 1950.

Listing NGR: SS7503500636

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Legacy System number:: 96603
Legacy System:: LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.