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Summary

Labourer's shed and part of the old west wall of the former manor house at Coombe Hall, Drewsteignton. Dates to the late 19th century and is a stone rubble construction roofed with corrugated iron (but may have originally been thatched).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SHED (XIX to XXI - 1860 AD to 2011 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

This shed is depicted on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map (approximately 1880s in date), showing the manor house to have been converted by this time.

Thorp, J. + Horton, D., 2007, The farm buildings at Coombe Hall, Drewsteignton, 26 (Report - Assessment). SDV347654.

The labourers’ shed is relatively small and low and is built against the northern wall of the cottages and the former west wall of the service range of the old manor house. Constructed from rubble stone and roofed with corrugated iron. Wide opening on the east side with 20th century doors. The interior is featureless.
The old west wall of the manor house steps forwards (westward) almost two meters from the north-west corner of the cottages and has massive granite quoins and preserves the remains of an ancient fireplace with rubblestone jambs and a semicircular relieving arch over the site of the missing lintel which may date to the 16th century.

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

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV5218 - Assessment of farm buildings, Coombe Hall, Drewsteignton

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