Old Shute House

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rdf:langString Left: view drawn before 1785, entitled "A view of the Garden Front of Shute House", showing the south facade of the pre-demolition house; right: the same view today. The part to the west of the protruding rectangular turret , is the original hall house built around 1380. The part demolished in 1785 stood to the east where now runs the driveway to New Shute House

rdf:langString Elizabethan gatehouse of Old Shute House, built c. 1561–1587 by William Pole, Esq., , who had purchased a lease of the manor from Sir William Petre. The side pavilions and linking walls are later additions. The armorials of Pole are sculpted in stone on both front and rear faces of the gatehouse, and a wooded painted heraldic shield with the Pole arms exists on the ceiling of the gateway; right:"Gateway of Old Shute House", lithograph c. 1840 by William Spreat of Exeter

rdf:langString Left: Old Shute House, view of northern facade of the original Great Hall of 1380. The original entrance door remains in the centre of the building, flanked on either side by a now partially blocked-up 12 ft pointed arched gothic window. All the windows now existing were later additions as the two floors were added successively. The small low roofed building to the west is an addition c. 1475, variously termed the "Oratory" , "Steward's Room" or "Entrance Block" . The holes in the stonework above the door are either "putlog holes or "pigeon holes" ; right: Reconstruction of appearance from same viewpoint of the newly built manor house in 1380

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rdf:langString See lead explanation: This article is based on the work of Bridie , which has however been superseded as the standard work of reference on the architectural history of the building by the unpublished Exeter Archaeology Report of 2008 produced for the National Trust. This report draws on new evidence gained from the recently discovered survey of 1559 made by Sir William Petre, which lists each main room of the then existing house together with its contents. From this evidence a conjectural ground plan of the house pre-1785 was recently produced by Roger Waterhouse.

rdf:langString Old Shute House (known as Shute Barton between about 1789 and the 20th century), located at Shute, near Colyton, Axminster, Devon, is the remnant of a mediaeval manor house with Tudor additions, under the ownership of the National Trust. It was given a Grade I listing on 14 December 1955. It is one of the most important non-fortified manor houses of the Middle Ages still in existence. It was built about 1380 as a hall house and was greatly expanded in the late 16th century and partly demolished in 1785. The original 14th-century house survives, although much altered. This article is based on the work of Bridie (1955), which has however been superseded as the standard work of reference on the architectural history of the building by the unpublished Exeter Archaeology Report of 2008 produced for the National Trust. This report draws on new evidence gained from the recently discovered survey of 1559 made by Sir William Petre, which lists each main room of the then existing house together with its contents. From this evidence a conjectural ground plan of the house pre-1785 was recently produced by Roger Waterhouse.