Description

BUCKFASTLEIGH

SX7466 DART BRIDGE ROAD
1011-1/7/23 (South East side)
06/01/83 Croppins Park, including railings to
west and south
(Formerly Listed as:
DART BRIDGE ROAD
Croppins Park)

GV II

House, converted into flats, including railings on west and
south side. Mid C19. Stuccoed and blocked out; hipped slate
roof, stack with rendered shaft with corbelled cap.
Plan: rectangular double-depth plan, 2 rooms wide, facing
west. Interior replanned for conversion to flats.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay west front with
rusticated quoins and deep eaves on paired moulded brackets.
Steps up to central porch with tapering granite columns with
capitals and renewed entablature and cornice. Round-headed
doorway with panelled reveals, fanlight with intersecting
glazing bars. 6-panel door, upper panels fielded. 3 first- and
2 ground-floor 2-light high-transomed casements, 6 panes per
light, 2 panes above the transom. Probably C20 attic dormer.
South return has walkway at ground-floor level built out over
3 renewed basement entrances. French windows onto walkway, 3
first-floor windows, one dormer, all glazed as those on the
west front. North return has one ground floor tripartite sash
to the left: 12-pane in the centre, flanked by 4-pane sashes.
First-floor window left a 12-pane sash. 2 ground-floor windows
and one first-floor window glazed with casements matching
those on the west front.
The rear (east) elevation has 2 outer projections with string
courses and deep cornices. The north-east projection has a 3rd
storey and peaked slate roof, this is missing from the
south-east projection. The projections have round-headed
Italianate windows with stuccoed architraves with keyblocks,
glazed with 2-pane casements, one on the north and south sides
and paired to the east side. The 3-storey projection has a
timber-framed 3rd storey with deep eaves on moulded consoles
and ribbon windows with triangular heads with triangular
moulded panels around the head. The windows are glazed with
2-pane casements.
Rear (east) elevation rather altered with fire escape. The
walkways round the west and south sides of the house are
railed off with ornate, probably contemporary, cast- and
wrought-iron railings arranged in alternating panels with
spider's web and lattice motifs with wrought-iron scrolls.
INTERIOR: modern stair; C20 joinery, associated with
conversion to flats.

Listing NGR: SX7438566146

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26505106

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)