Description

TORQUAY

SX96NW BRIM HILL, Maidencombe 885-1/2/413 Brimhill 10/01/75

II

Villa. c1830s. Plastered; hipped slate roof; rendered stacks. EXTERIOR: Only one elevation seen on survey. 2-window entrance front with first-floor sill band and eaves band. Projecting porch with moulded string below deep projecting cornice with ball finials. Moulded round-headed doorway; inner doorway also round-headed with a fanlight with glazing bars and a half-glazed door. Bay to left of door blind with a shallow projecting stack. 2 first and one-ground floor windows, 12-pane sashes with moulded architraves. Previous List description (1975) refers to a symmetrical 3-window garden front with full-length sashes on the ground floor, glazing bars intact and a centre first-floor French window giving onto a balcony over the ground-floor verandah. Verandah described as "good geometric iron trellis pattern and scroll pattern over first floor". Small, gabled recessed 2-window service wing to SW also mentioned. INTERIOR: Not inspected but likely to retain features of interest. Very complete externally and appears to be a rare example of an undivided Torquay villa.

Listing NGR: SX9236468500

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  For the Record