Description

UPOTTERY UPOTTERY
ST 20 NW
7/149 The Old Coach House and stables
9.3.79
GV II
Coach house and stables, built by Lord Sidmouth to serve his house, Upottery Manor
(now demolished). Now (1987) being converted to housing. Circa 1870 - 80, enlarged
in 1986. Local stone and flint rubble laid to rough courses, Membury stone ashlar
dressings; stone rubble stacks with plastered chimneyshafts; slate roof.
Plan: large building built for coach houses, stables, haylofts and grooms
accommodation and built around 3 sides of a courtyard. The main block backs onto
the road and faces west into the courtyard. It contains the coach house with
haylofts over. Each end short stable blocks projects forward at right angles and
each contains an axial stack. The left (north) wing was extended in 1986 with a
house and a garage built in the same Tudor Gothic style as the rest.
Exterior: the courtyard is enclosed by an arcade of 4-centred arches, 3 to the main
block (the coach house) and 1 each side. The arcade is interrupted at the right end
of the main block by a stable directly onto the courtyard, a Tudor arch doorway with
window alongside. In the side arcades there is a Tudor arch doorway to the main
block and each side 2 Tudor arch doorways and a Tudor arch window. All contain
their original joinery. The back (east) side of the coach house faces onto the
road. It is 3 bays and was originally symmetrical. The centre bay is gabled and
breaks forward very slightly. This bay contains a blind double lancet with Tudor
arch heads and above is a Tudor arch hayloft loading arch. The centre bay was
flanked by blind lancets, with gabled dormers containing Tudor arch-headed sash
windows above. However in the mid C20 the right (south) end was converted to a
shop. The lancet was converted to a window and another Tudor arch window inserted
alongside (along with another window and doorway in the south end). The centre
gable-end and gable-ends of the main roof have shaped kneelers and coping. The
extension which includes a carriageway through to the courtyard is built in a
similar style.
Interior: not inspected.
The courtyard is laid with stone sets and is enclosed on the west side by a tall
stone rubble wall containing a gateway with square posts and pyramid caps (it is now
blocked). The wall curves from the front end of the south stable wall to the
gateway but the corresponding wall on from the north wing has been demolished in
order to build the extension there.

Listing NGR: ST2018607650

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26462399

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
• 
  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover