Description

SS5247
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ILFRACOMBE
QUAYFIELD ROAD
Manor House

15/06/51

GV
II
Formerly known as: Manor House, Manor Cottage and Rookery Cottage, QUAYFIELD ROAD.

Imposing detached house with wings. c1750s-70s, with later alterations. Red brick and slated roof with red ridge tiles. Single-room depth as built into hill-side. Three storeys and two storey flanking wings. Seven windows plus single window wings. Central three window canted bay. Red brick pilasters at angles and terracotta floor bands. Entrance to left of canted bay with C20 panelled door. Fluted terracotta keystones to flush framed sashes with exposed boxing; wings with C20 sashes. Brick dentil cornice and parapet.

INTERIOR: Divided into separate accommodation and altered. The town house of the Wreys of Tawstock who were Lords of the Manor; Sir Bourchier Falk Wrey died here in 1879 and appears to be the last member of the family to occupy it. This house is a prominent and important feature of the harbour.

(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N and Cherry B: Devon: London: 1952: 503).

Listing NGR: SS5230247691

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503996

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Recommended Books

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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  For the Record
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)