Description

ASHPRINGTON
Stables immediately East
SX85NW of Lower Washbourne
6/2 Barton
23.7.87

GV II

Stable range and coachhouse with loft above. Circa 1830-40. Plastered stone
rubble. Corrugated iron hipped roof with deep eaves with shaped soffit
brackets. The left hipped end retains the slates.
Plan: Rectangular plan. Stables to the left with front entrance to the left
of centre and an integral coach-house to the right also with a front entrance;
a loft over both parts.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical front. 3 tall windows with segmented heads
and C20 cross mullion-transom window frames. Large coach-house doorway to the
right with a segmented head, the door missing; and a stable doorway to the
left of centre with a pair of engraved round arches above. All the openings
had plaster keystones. There is a very small loft window under the eaves to
the left of centre.
Interior: The stalls have been taken out. The roof has elm roof trusses.
A bell lying inside the stables is dated 1602 and has name Henry (Somster?).

Listing NGR: SX8054655252

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26610559

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)