Description

TORQUAY

SX9263 PARK HILL ROAD
885-1/18/206 (South East side)
No.26

GV II

House, in use as meeting rooms for a society. c1860s.
Plastered; slate roof; stacks with stuccoed shafts with sunk
panels, moulded cornices and some old pots.
PLAN: On a corner site, wedge-shaped on plan with a rounded
end. Central doorway on Parkhill Road side.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and basement on Parkhill Road side, 3
storeys to Meadfoot Lane. 3-bay elevation to Parkhill Road.
Deep boxed eaves; moulded eaves band; rusticated quoins; first
floor platband. Original segmental-headed doorway with a
moulded, eared, shouldered architrave. Recessed original
6-panel door, upper panels round-headed; Greek key moulding
below fanlight. Left and right ground-floor windows,
segmental-headed with moulded eaved shouldered architraves and
glazed with high-transomed timber casements. 3 first-floor
tall high-transomed French windows onto C20 balconies.
First-floor windows are casements with glazing bars with
segmental-headed moulded architraves. Platband and eaves band
extend round other elevations. Rounded corner bay to the
right; ground and first-floor window with plain embrasures,
second floor window with moulded architrave.
2-bay elevation in Meadfoot Lane. Shallow projecting stack to
left, shaft projecting through roof. Recessed 4-panel door to
left with basement window to right. 2 first-floor windows with
moulded architraves, glazed with timber casements; 2
second-floor segmental-headed windows matching those on the
other elevations.
INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest.
Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SX9203463384

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26512772

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)