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Furzewell House

A Grade II Listed Building in Torquay, Torbay

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.4722 / 50°28'19"N

Longitude: -3.5318 / 3°31'54"W

OS Eastings: 291396

OS Northings: 64715

OS Grid: SX913647

Mapcode National: GBR QV.WQ63

Mapcode Global: FRA 37HT.1X3

Plus Code: 9C2RFFC9+V7

Entry Name: Furzewell House

Listing Date: 10 January 1975

Last Amended: 3 May 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1208821

English Heritage Legacy ID: 390617

ID on this website: 101208821

Location: Upton, Torbay, Devon, TQ1

County: Torbay

Electoral Ward/Division: Tormohun

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Torquay

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Torquay St Mary Magdalene (Upton)

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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Description



TORQUAY

SX9164 FURZEHILL ROAD
885-1/14/99 (South side)
10/01/75 Furzewell House
(Formerly Listed as:
FURZEHILL ROAD
Furzewell House and Los Caracas)

II

Principal block of large villa. Late 1840s/early 1850s.
Plastered; hipped slate roof; stacks with plastered shafts
with panels and cornices.
PLAN: Double-depth rectangular plan, entrance on the east
side. The service block, now in separate ownership, adjoins to
the north and is not listed.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay entrance front with
paired eaves and verges brackets. Centre bay broken forward
and gabled with a projecting Greek Doric porch with distyle
cloumns in antis. Narrow round-headed doorway with a panelled
front door with fanlight. 12-pane first-floor centre sash in a
segmental-headed recess. Blind recesses to left-hand bay;
12-pane sash to ground floor right, blind recess above. The
left (north) return has a glazed verandah on posts; 2
ground-floor French windows and 2 first-floor tripartite
small-pane sashes. Canted west end to the return has
small-pane sashes.
INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest.


Listing NGR: SX9139664715

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