Description

TORQUAY

SX9164 TOR CHURCH ROAD 885-1/14/264 (North side) 10/01/75 Nos.3 AND 5

GV II

Pair of villas. c1840-1850. Plastered; slate roof, gabled at ends; stacks with rendered shaft with platbands. PLAN: Retangular on plan, set back from the road behind a garden. Double depth, one room wide, entrances on outer returns. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 2:2 window front. Deep boxed eaves; platband at first-floor level. 4 ground-floor high-transomed French windows, left-hand (No.5) with margin panes are probably original. 4 first-floor hornless 12-pane sashes; 2 segmental-headed attic dormers, the left-hand one glazed with 2-light casement, 6 panes per light, the right-hand one reglazed as 2-pane casement. Verandah across front on modern timber pots with a lapped glass roof, No.5 retains timber trellis panel below verandah eaves. Doorways on 3-bay outer returns, No.5 with C20 glazed porch block. INTERIOR: Not inspected but may include features of interest.

Listing NGR: SX9108564284

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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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 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)