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| HER Number: | MDV136020 |
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| Name: | Engine House at Eastleigh Manor, Westleigh |
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Summary
A 19th century horse engine house.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 488 280 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS42NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Westleigh |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WESTLEIGH |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HORSE ENGINE HOUSE (Built, XIX - 1801 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 2026, Mastermap 2026 (Cartographic). SDV366713.
Historic England, 2026, National Heritage List for England 2026, 1107612 (National Heritage List for England). SDV366714.
Barn with attached round-house and covered cartway approximately 10 metres north-west of Eastleigh Manor House. Barn C17, round-house and covered cartway adjoining added in C19, the latter in 1860 by datestone. Stone rubble. Slate roof, replaced to rear of barn with asbestos slate. Large barn, rectangular on plan with round-house and covered cartway attached at right-angles to front left end. Barn has 2 large buttresses with plank stable door with brick cambered arch to right end, double plank doors to left with large boarded overlight above. Chamfered timber lintel with run-out stops. C17 chamfered door surround to rear with double plank doors and slate pentice roof flanked by buttresses. 4 bee- boles in left gable end wall with plastered niches. Double plank doors to round- house, stone voussoirs to cart entrance archway at left end with keystone dated 1860. Barn has fine C17 roof of 6 trusses with heavy principals with short curved feet, slightly cranked morticed and tenoned collars, 2 removed, and 3 tiers of threaded purlins and ridge purlin. 4 C19 king-post trusses to round-house.
Date first listed: 29th May 1986
Child, P., Unknown, Eastleigh Manor (Un-published). SDV366962.
Engine (machine) House marked on an 1878 plan of the farmstead.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV366713 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2026. Mastermap 2026. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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| SDV366714 | National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2026. National Heritage List for England 2026. Website. 1107612. |
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| SDV366962 | Un-published: Child, P.. Unknown. Eastleigh Manor. A4 Stapled + Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV79848 | Part of: Eastleigh Manor, Westleigh (Monument) |
| MDV32897 | Related to: Barn at Eastleigh Manor, Westleigh (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 4 2026 5:50PM |
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