Description

STOCKLEIGH ENGLISH STOCKLEIGH ENGLISH
SS 80 NE
7/227 Stockleigh Court [formerly listed
-
26.8.65 as Stockleigh Court and Stockleigh
GV Court Farm)
II

Large house. Early C19. Plastered rubble; rubble stacks with C19 brick chimney
shafts; slate roof with lead ridges. Double depth plan house facing park to east
with 2 rooms either side of central entrance hall and staircase. End stacks with 2
shafts each side. Single storey ancillary wing along left (south) side. Main block
is 3 storeys. Some neo-classical motifs. Symmetrical 5-window front to main block.
All are 12-pane sashes and those on ground floor have flat recessed stucco
architraves. Plain flanking pilasters and stucco incised as ashlar. Central
original 6-panel front door (now part-glazed) has overlight with diagonal glazing
bars, panelled reveals and flat-roofed Tuscan porch with timber posts and moulded
entablature. Deep eaves on pairs of shaped brackets and original cast iron gutter
with lion-mask joints. Roof is hipped each end and flanked by brick chimney shafts.
Ancillary wing in same style with single large 12-pane sash front with flat-recessed
architrave. Stucco incised as ashlar. Low pediment over with recessed tympanum and
flanking antifixa. At left (south) end pilaster rises as square pier with plain cap
to carry a classical vase. Left end of ancillary block includes C19 6-panel door,
overlight with glazing bars and flat-hood on shaped timber brackets. Not completely
regular rear elevation comprises a variety of sashes with glazing bars including 25,
15, 16 and 12-pane sashes.
Interior includes much original joinery and plasterwork. Stockleigh Court was home
of Bellew family from C16 to C20.
Source: Devon SMR.

Listing NGR: SS8501706297

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26542905

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback