MEM15294 - Stables, Comberow Railway Station (Building)

Summary

The former railway stables are now in use as a car port.

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Type and Period (1)

Protected Status

Full Description

Redundant stables now in use as private car port. Single-storey structure open on two sides (timber posts) with two slate stone enclosing walls beneath a welsh slate covered pitched roof. This structure pre-dates the WSMR. [1] The stables would have housed horses used for shunting rolling stock. [2]

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Report: The Hartley Conservation Partnership + David Sekers Consulting Partnership. 2004. West Somerset Mineral Railway Conservation Plan. P.46.
  • <2> Monograph: Sellick, R.. 1970. The West Somerset Mineral Railway and the Story of the Brendon Hills Iron Mines. David and Charles Limited. Second. P.97-98.
  • <3> Report: Jones, M.H.. 1995. Report on Proposed Low-Key Visitor Access to Industrial Sites on the Brendon Hills. P.8.

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Other Statuses/References

  • Local List Status (Unassessed)
  • National Park: Exmoor National Park

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred ST 0290 3525 (9m by 11m) (Estimated from sources)
Map sheet ST03NW
Civil Parish OLD CLEEVE, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

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Record last edited

May 28 2019 4:00PM

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