Description

TORQUAY

SX9267 TEIGNMOUTH ROAD, Watcombe
885-1/6/462 (East side)
10/01/75 Watcombe Lodge and Lantern House
(Formerly Listed as:
TEIGNMOUTH ROAD, Watcombe
Watcombe Lodge)

GV II

Villa, divided into two. c1860. Plastered; natural slate roof;
stacks with rendered shafts and projecting cornices.
PLAN: Approximately rectangular on plan, entrance on west side
into corridor from which stair rises. Rear (north) service
wing now a separate house.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Hipped slate roof. Asymmetrical 3-bay
front with a projecting canted porch with a round-headed
doorway with a panelled 2-leaf front door with a fanlight with
glazing bars and stained glass. Single-storey canted bay to
the right with a parapet and 4-pane sashes. One ground and one
first-floor window to the left with sill blocks, glazed with
4-pane sashes.
The right return has two 2-storey canted bay with 2-pane
sashes. Lead tented canopy on cast-iron brackets projects over
ground floor windows. 2:3-window east elevation.
The main block has segmental-headed first-floor windows, one
tripartite and a canted bay to ground floor left. The service
block, to the right has a 3-window front and is gabled to the
front in the centre. Windows glazed with probably original
12-pane sashes with sill blocks. Fine 13-bay conservatory
across front, canted at each end, with round-headed lights and
end pinnacles with lead finials. Adjustable vents along the
ridge.
INTERIOR: Retains moulded plaster cornices, original joinery,
including a stair with turned balusters, and local marble
chimneypieces.

Listing NGR: SX9209067457

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569188

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)