Description

SX 9272 SHALDON RINGMORE ROAD, Ringmore
(North side)
25-1/6/21
No.90
30/06/49 Ringmore Towers

II

Mansion, now holiday apartments. c1880 with c1930 additions. Baronial style. Red sandstone rubble, slate roof. Square plan with additions to the left. Scottish Baronial style.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; 2-window range to the main block. The castellated south road front has a 2-storey 3-light mullioned and transomed leaded window to the left and 3-light stone-mullioned windows to each floor to the right. To the right-hand corner is a c1930 3-stage tower with a conical roof. Attached to the left is a pointed arch leading to a small courtyard and a c1930 single-storey hipped-roofed range. The left return with a castellated parapet has various dormers, towers and leaded bay windows.
The right return has a C20 door and 2-light windows. Much of the building and dressings have been sprayed with red roughcast.
The former list description mentions a 1635 sundial on the south elevation.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Despite later alterations, this remains as a competent example of the C19 Baronial style.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Cherry B: Devon: London: 1989-: 801)

Listing NGR: SX9277672329

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559285

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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