Description

TORQUAY

SX9164 CASTLE ROAD
885-1/14/65 (North East side)
10/01/75 Nos.12-30 (Even)

GV II

Terrace of 10 houses. Probably 1870s (not shown on 1866 OS
map). Originally cement-rendered and blocked out, now mostly
colourwashed); slate roofs; stacks have rendered shafts with
dentil cornices. Italianate style.
PLAN: Double-depth on plan: end houses entered on returns;
others single-fronted, Nos 14-20 entered to the right; Nos
22-28 entered to the left.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, some with basements. Deep eaves with
moulded eaves and verges brackets. Rich stucco detail includes
platbands, eaves and verges band (latter fretted to end
terrace houses), moulded sill band and round-headed
ground-floor windows with pilastered, moulded architraves with
keyblocks. Typical front to left of centre is 2:1-windows, the
right-hand bay broken forward under a shallow hipped roof with
flanking stacks containing a round-headed doorway with a
6-panel front door with plain overlight. Above the door a
dentil cornice and section of blind balustrading. Tall,
round-headed window above with pilastered moulded architrave
with keyblock. Ground floor windows to left similar and
round-headed, first-floor windows square-headed with
ovolo-moulded frames. Original glazing 2 over 2-pane sashes
with horizontal glazing bars, some altered. Same arrangement
mirrored to right of centre. End houses slightly broken
forward and gabled to the front with 2 round-headed windows on
the ground floor and a similar first-floor pair. No.12 has
steps up to a front door on the left return and has a gabled
projection with 2 round-headed windows. No.20 has a C20
addition to the return.
INTERIOR: Not inspected but likely to retain features of
interest.
A good, well-preserved, stuccoed terrace using many details
borrowed from contemporary Torquay villas.
(1st edition 1866 OS: CXV1.10).

Listing NGR: SX9156264403

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26501943

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
• 
  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)