Description

DARTMOUTH

SX8751 VICTORIA ROAD
673-1/5/286 (South side)
23/10/72 Nos.91 AND 93

GV II

House. c1840, possibly C18 origins. Plastered stone rubble;
axial, end and rear lateral stacks with plastered and exposed
brick chimneyshafts with old pots; hipped slate roof.
PLAN: Double-depth, 2 rooms wide with central entrance.
EXTERIOR: House is terraced into the hillslope; 2 storeys with
cellar at the upper end (the principal rooms), and 3 storeys
at the lower service end. Attics. 3-window range. Attractive
plastered exterior is lightly blocked out as ashlar and has a
Tudor-Gothic style. 3-window front is not symmetrical. Central
doorway has stucco Tuscan doorcase of flat pilasters with
moulded caps and flat moulded entablature. Above, presumably
C20 stair windows, a lower small bullseye and upper narrow
8-pane sash. Ground-floor right and all left windows are
12-pane sashes under stucco Tudor-style hoodmoulds.
First-floor right is a curving bay containing a tripartite
sash window with central 12-pane sash. Deep eaves with
plastered soffit to hipped roof on main 3 sides. Right and
left sides are also 3-window ranges of 12-pane sashes and
Tudor-style hoodmoulds. Right-hand garden front has an
original slate-roofed verandah on timber columns and
ground-floor French windows with margin glazing. Centre
first-floor window is blind. Wide C20 four-light dormer above.
INTERIOR: Not inspected but likely to be of interest.
One of a good group of houses from the second quarter of the
C19 alongside New Street (now Victoria Road), which was built
in 1825 to enable, for the first time, horse-drawn carriages
in and out of the town.

Listing NGR: SX8737151254

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26492089

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)