Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
19474
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/03/1998
Date of Amendment
03/03/1998
Name of Property
Stable Court W Range at Ewenny Priory (house)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Ewenny
Town
Locality
Ewenny Priory
Easting
291188
Northing
177796
Street Side
Location
Forming the W side of the Stable Court at the entrance to Ewenny Priory (house).
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Built 1871 for Thomas Picton Turbervill. Modelled on the earlier coach house opposite, this together with the already existing barn adjacent at right angles, the N stable range and coach house to E and the Entrance Gateway to Ewenny Priory house completed the Stable Court. Appears thus on first edition OS map 1875.
Exterior
A symmetrical rectangular building. Of snecked rock faced stone with ashlar dressings and hipped Welsh slate roof with stone bracketed overhanging eaves. Single storey, 5 bays, the central bay with a tall elliptical arched carriage entrance with oculus above rising to form a short tower with pyramidal roof, eaves at ridge level of main range, with former louvred ventilator finial with pyramidal cap; inscription TPT 1871 over lintel. On each side two doorways with boarded doors flanked by two small windows with metal framed small pane windows, all with cambered heads; stable doors and ventilation grilles to the loose boxes. Rear has pediment incorporating a round arched pitching door. Attached to rear are lean-tos and a cross range comprising a two storeyed building with blue and red brick dressings formerly an apple store with a single storey wing containing a huge bellows, brick forge and chimney. Extending S is the wall completing the enclosure of the Stable Court.
Interior
Limeplastered and limewashed with stable tile floor. Comprised 2 loose boxes right, a paint shop and a feed store left, with carriage recess in centre.
Reason for designation
Included as an integral part of the Stable Court; group value with other buildings of Ewenny Priory, especially with N and E ranges, Barn, Gateway and the house.
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