Description

TORQUAY

SX9164 TOR HILL ROAD
885-1/14/267 (South West side)
10/01/75 No.56

GV II

Villa. c1830s. Local grey limestone rubble, stuccoed and
blocked out; tiled roof; stacks with brick shafts with
platbands.
PLAN: Double-depth L-plan, 2 rooms wide, the left end rounded.
Entrance to right into passage, rear centre stair. Rear left
service wing at right-angles.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic Asymmetrical 3-window front.
Moulded eaves cornice. Round-headed doorway with recessed
panelled door with fanlight with spider's web glazing bars. 2
ground and 3 first-floor 12-pane early C19 sashes. The curved
left end of the house contains 2 bowed small-pane sashes, the
ground-floor window converted to a side-hung door.
INTERIOR: Very complete including plaster cornices, joinery
including skirtings, doors, shutters. Stick baluster stair
with mahogany hand rail and local pink polished limestone
chimneypieces to the principal rooms. Lesser rooms also have
original chimneypieces with grates.

Listing NGR: SX9107864335

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26502052

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)