Description

NEWTON ABBOT

SX8471 HIGHWEEK ROAD
1012-1/8/81 (North side)
22/03/83 No.16

GV II

House. c1830. Painted stucco, slate roof with 2 stacks to the
left return.
STYLE: Picturesque Gothic.
PLAN: double-depth with a long rear wing.
EXTERIOR: gabled facade of 2 storeys with attic; one-window
range. A forward-facing gable has moulded coping with a small
shield to the apex, crocketed pyramidal finials to the
kneelers, set-back buttresses, moulded string courses between
the floors, and a plinth. Pointed-arched 2-light Y-traceried
windows with C20 leaded panes, that to the apex of the gable
has a hoodmould, that to the first floor has a chamfered
architrave and French windows with horizontal restraining
bars. Chamfered architraves to the ground floor, a
cross-window to the left and a door with Gothic panelling to
the right.
The right return has a large window with 8 tall Tudor-arched
panes to the ground floor and a loop-hole above. The returns
and the rear wing have hipped-roofed dormers with blanked-off
upper corners to the casement windows.
INTERIOR: not inspected but recorded as having original
features including Gothic dado panelling.

Listing NGR: SX8547271565

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26548378

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Recommended Books

• 
  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House