Description

BIDEFORD

SS42NW ABBOTSHAM ROAD
842-1/1/3 Former stables about 20m NW of
19/03/73 Moreton (now part of Grenville
College)

GV II

Stables, now converted to classrooms and dormitories. Early
C19 or possibly earlier; late C20 addition. Solid rendered
walls. Half-hipped slate roofs. Red and cream-brick chimneys.
U-shaped plan; late C20 addition to right side of left wing.
2-storey main range with single-storey wings projecting from
each end of front. Main range has 2-window gabled centre
projection with 2-window section at each side. Mostly
small-paned sash-windows in recessed box-frames, except that
right-hand second-storey window has 2-light wood casement.
Centre projection has clock in round moulded frame; wooden
bell-turret (without bell) with patterned slated roof and
ornate weathervane. Right wing has windows like those in main
range. Across the right side of front of forecourt a low
stone-rubble wall. INTERIOR inspected only on ground floor,
which has been totally altered.

Listing NGR: SS4356726370

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26496621

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)