Babcombe Manor

Heritage listing

Details KINGSTEIGNTON SX 87 NE 4/101 Babcombe Manor 23.8.55 II* House, formerly manor house, divided into 2 tenancies. Circa mid C16, remodelled in the circa mid C17. Stone rubble with some remnants of old render; slate roof (slates renewed to front of ridge, scantle slates to rear) with some early crested ridge tiles, gabled at ends; front lateral stack with tall stone shaft, gable end stacks, the right end stack slightly projecting. 3 room and through passage plan, the hall heated from the front lateral stack, a small inner room, and a large lower end to the right. Evidence suggests that a C16 high quality house has been remodelled and thoroughly refurbished in the circa mid C17, retaining some granite windows from the earlier phase. There are indications of a former building adjoining the lower end. A rear outbuilding, at right angles to the main range is clearly a post C17 addition cutting through the hoodmould of a C17 window. 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2:1:1 window front with an approximately central, gabled 2- storey porch with a chamfered granite outer doorway with stops. The inner doorframe is moulded with urn stops and a wide plank front door. The 3-light casement to the room above the porch has a moulded architrave, mullions and 3 panes per light. The front lateral stack projects slightly and abuts the porch to the left. A 3-light casement with timber ovolo-moulded mullions lighting the hall, to the left of the stack, has a moulded granite architrave with a hoodmould with floral-carved label stops. Ground floor window left, lighting the inner room, is a 4-light granite mullioned window with chamfered mullions and a hoodmould with label stops. First floor window left is a 3-light C18 or C19 casement with 8 panes per light, first floor window from left is a 3-ligh

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.