Description

TORQUAY

SX9063 OLD MILL ROAD, Chelston
885-1/17/337 (East side)
20/11/52 Chelston Manor Hotel

II

Shown on OS map as Chelston Manor.
House, in use as hotel. Late C16/early C17 with extensive C19
alterations, said to have been the dower house to Cockington
Court (old list description) and owned by the Mallock family
in the C19. Plastered; slate roof, gabled at ends; stacks with
octagonal rendered shafts with projecting cornices.
PLAN: Single-depth main block 2 rooms wide with a central
entrance; rear left wing at right-angles; rear right additions
and rear block parallel to main range arranged round rear
courtyard.
EXTERIOR: 3-storey main block. Symmetrical 5-window front with
regular fenestration plus one bay to the outshut at the left
end. Early C19 central gabled porch with a coped gable with
kneelers; Tudor-arched doorway with hoodmould; small one-light
windows in returns. Ground and first-floor windows with
hoodmoulds, glazed with high-transomed casements with
hollow-chamfered frames with square leaded panes with some
original C17 window furniture surviving. 5 smaller first-floor
windows, also with hoodmoulds, glazed with casements with
square leaded panes. Front lateral stacks at either end of
main range with paired shafts. 2-storey block at left end with
lean-to roof, glazed with similar high transomed windows.
Right return of main range has a shallow 3-storey projecting
bay.
INTERIOR: Some early C19 features include plasterwork and
6-panel doors; early C18 stair with turned balusters and a
flat handrail.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1952-1989:
P.865).

Listing NGR: SX9028563751

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569211

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (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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  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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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey