Description

TORQUAY

SX9164 ABBEY ROAD
885-1/14/10 (South West side)
No.76
Presbytery adjoining Church of the
Assumption of Our Lady

GV II

Presbytery. 1857, by J Hansom, who was the architect of the
church. Local grey limestone rubble with freestone dressings;
stacks with stone shafts.
PLAN: Part of group with the Church (qv) and school (qv),
Abbey Road. Asymmetrical plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2-window front, the
right-hand bay slightly broken forward and gabled to the
front. 2 ground floor 2-light windows with stone architraves
and shouldered heads. First-floor window right also 2-light
with a stone architrave but with a crank-arched head.
Single-storey porch adjoins right return with a
shoulder-headed stone doorway.
INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest.

Listing NGR: SX9138264027

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26498525

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)