Description

NEWTON ABBOT

SX8471 HIGHWEEK ROAD 1012-1/8/81 (North side) 22/03/83 No.16

GV II

House. c1830. Painted stucco, slate roof with 2 stacks to the left return. STYLE: Picturesque Gothic. PLAN: double-depth with a long rear wing. EXTERIOR: gabled facade of 2 storeys with attic; one-window range. A forward-facing gable has moulded coping with a small shield to the apex, crocketed pyramidal finials to the kneelers, set-back buttresses, moulded string courses between the floors, and a plinth. Pointed-arched 2-light Y-traceried windows with C20 leaded panes, that to the apex of the gable has a hoodmould, that to the first floor has a chamfered architrave and French windows with horizontal restraining bars. Chamfered architraves to the ground floor, a cross-window to the left and a door with Gothic panelling to the right. The right return has a large window with 8 tall Tudor-arched panes to the ground floor and a loop-hole above. The returns and the rear wing have hipped-roofed dormers with blanked-off upper corners to the casement windows. INTERIOR: not inspected but recorded as having original features including Gothic dado panelling.



Listing NGR: SX8547271565

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