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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503893

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (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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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)