Description

TORQUAY

SX9267 WATCOMBE BEACH ROAD, Watcombe
885-1/6/463 (North side)
10/01/75 Washington House
(Formerly Listed as:
WATCOMBE BEACH ROAD, Watcombe
Watcombe Court and Washington House)

GV II

Formerly known as: Watcombe Court WATCOMBE BEACH ROAD
Watcombe.
Shown on OS map as Watcombe House.
Villa. 1858 Plastered; slate roof with lead rolls and
wrought-iron finials; stacks with rendered shafts.
PLAN: Rectangular on plan, facing east towards the sea with an
entrance on the south side.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Very deep eaves with dentil cornice;
eaves band; projecting strings at first floor level;
rusticated quoins. 6-window main (garden) elevation, arranged
as 3:3 bays. The 3 left-hand bays have round-headed ground
floor windows with moulded architraves; first floor windows
with shouldered architraves, floating cornices and consoles to
the sills preserve their original 12-pane sashes. To the
right, a 2-storey canted bay, the ground-floor windows
round-headed with moulded architraves and stained glass above
the transoms. First-floor windows 2-pane sashes with moulded
architraves and sill blocks. Projecting porch with pilasters,
and projecting cornice below parapet is sited in angle with
the left return. C20 conservatory added across left return.
INTERIOR: Not inspected but said to preserve an original
staircase and plaster cornices.

Listing NGR: SX9232867392

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26502070

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)