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Summary

Stable block with loft over. Circa 1700. An unusually complete example of early stables with an attractive area of pitched stone cobbles in front.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1252404: STABLE BLOCK ABOUT 40 METRES SOUTH OF TETCOTT MANOR
• SHINE: Site of Old Tetcott House, 18th century stables listed Grade II and The Wilderness, a 19th century 'pocket' park created from earlier Tudor and 17th century gardens and landscaping

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX39NW/511/3
• Old Listed Building Ref (II): 435423

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• STABLE (Post Medieval to XVIII - 1540 AD to 1800 AD (Between))

Full description

Department of Environment, 1986, Tetcott, 41 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV9663.

Stable block about 40 metres south of Tetcott Manor.
Stable block with loft over. Circa 1700. Flemish bond brick with a corrugated iron roof gabled at ends, formerly slated. Rectangular plan with rear lean-to.2 storeys. Symmetrical 4-window front with a platband on the front and a central entrance with a moulded doorframe under a segmental brick arch.2-light cross mullion-transom windows of circa 1700 windows on either side of the doorway also under segmental brick arches, the glazing is probably 19th century with 2 panes above the transoms and 4 panes below. Loft entrance under segmental brick arch in right gable end.
Interior: loose boxes behind a colonnade of timber tuscan columns with an entablature. The stable block is in a prominent position between the parish church and the present Tetcott House and may originally have been part of the brick buildings associated with circa 1700 house at Tetcott which no longer exists. It is an unusually complete example of early stables with an attractive area of pitched stone cobbles in front. Other details: LBS number 435423.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6770 - TETCOTT WILDERNESS HIGHER LEVEL STEWARDSHIP MANAGEMENT PLANS, 2014 (Ref: TET.154)

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