Description

SEMINGTON CHURCH STREET ST 86 SE (off south side) 4/186 The Old Coach House GV II

Coach house and stables, to Semington House (q.v.), now detached house. 1790s. Limestone ashlar front, rear and returns rubble stone, Welsh slate hipped roof, ashlar stacks. Two-storey and attic, 3-window. Large elliptically-arched double doors to left, smaller arched opening to right with recessed porch for C20 entrance, contains half-glazed door brought here from Semington House. First floor has elliptically-arched sashes, large 24-pane to centre flanked by smaller 12-panes, gable over with pigeon holes for dovecote. Single-storey former stable attached to right with two 2-light flush mullioned casements, 5-step stone mounting block against front. Former stable and tack room to left has two planked doors and 2-light mullioned casement. Right return has inserted C20 bow window. Rear has C20 casements. Interior converted to dwelling during 1970s, but some fittings such as iron bridle hangers and tethering rings retained. Built for the Bruges family of Semington House.

Listing NGR: ST8980060470

External Links

• Wikidata Q26544126

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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)