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Summary

The Coach House including railings and gate piers across The Wilderness, East Street, Ashburton. Includes: The Wilderness front area railings, gate piers across Coach House EAST STREET. Coach-house, tack room and stables, said to have belonged originally to Ireland House on opposite side of road; now a house. Mid 19th century. Coursed stone rubble. Slated roof with bands of fish scale slates. Rendered chimney with moulded cap on left roof-span. Covered centre coach-way with former coach-house and tack room to left, stable to right.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1200991: THE COACH HOUSE INCLUDING RAILINGS AND GATE PIERS ACROSS THE WILDERNESS THE WILDERNESS FRONT AREA RAILINGS, GATE PIERS ACROSS COACH HOUSE

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SE/223
• Old Listed Building Ref (II): 376062

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• COACH HOUSE (Constructed, XIX - 1835 AD to 1875 AD (Between))

Full description

Department of National Heritage, 1992, Ashburton, 72 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV337041.

Ashburton - East Street (south side) The Coach House including railings and gate piers across The Wilderness - GV II
Includes: The Wilderness front area railings, gate piers across Coach House EAST STREET. Coach-house, tack room and stables, said to have belonged originally to Ireland House on opposite side of road; now a house. Mid 19th century. Coursed stone rubble. Slated roof with bands of fish scale slates. Rendered chimney with moulded cap on left roof-span. Covered centre coach-way with former coach-house and tack room to left, stable to right.
Single-storeyed. Triple gabled front, the centre gable (with coach-entrance) recessed. Each of the outer gables flanked by low buttresses; segmental-headed window with moulded stone surround, 4-paned wood casement; patterned bargeboards. Right-hand roof span carries a 6-sided louvre with bracketed cornice, pointed roof and weathervane. Centre gable has segmental-headed, heavily moulded stone doorway; patterned bargeboards. Front area railing with 5 granite and limestone gate piers, common to both The Coach House and The Wilderness; latter lies at the rear and is reported to have been built as a house in 1911 (not listed). Railings have moulded finials; piers have pyramidal caps

Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.

Building depicted on the modern mapping.

English Heritage, 2011, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV347072.

The Coach House including railings and gate piers across The Wilderness, East Street, Ashburton. Includes: The Wilderness front area railings, gate piers across Coach House EAST STREET. Coach-house, tack room and stables, said to have belonged originally to Ireland House on opposite side of road; now a house. Mid 19th century. Coursed stone rubble. Slated roof with bands of fish scale slates. Rendered chimney with moulded cap on left roof-span. Covered centre coach-way with former coach-house and tack room to left, stable to right.
Single-storeyed. Triple gabled front, the centre gable (with coach-entrance) recessed. Each of the outer gables flanked by low buttresses; segmental-headed window with moulded stone surround, 4-paned wood casement; patterned bargeboards. Right-hand roof span carries a 6-sided louvre with bracketed cornice, pointed roof and weathervane. Centre gable has segmental-headed, heavily moulded stone doorway; patterned bargeboards. Front area railing with 5 granite and limestone gate piers, common to both The Coach House and The Wilderness; latter lies at the rear and is reported to have been built as a house in 1911 (not listed). Railings have moulded finials; piers have pyramidal caps (Listed 1992). Other details: LB UID: 376062.

Steinmetzer, M., 2020, Archaeological monitoring and recording at The Old Stables, Ashburton, Devon (Report - Watching Brief). SDV363754.

Watching brief during works to construct a workshop to the west of the Coach House revealed that extensive landscaping has clearly taken place within the site, resulting in the removal of the original soil sequence. Although undated it is possible that the landscaping is associated with the demolition of buildings, perhaps with basements, pre-dating the linear building fronting onto East Street and shown on the 1840s Ashburton Tithe Map.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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