Description

TORQUAY

SX96NW ROCK HOUSE LANE, Maidencombe
885-1/2/416 (South side)
10/01/75 Rock House

GV II

Large villa. c1850s with Edwardian alterations.
Cement-rendered and blocked out; slate roof behind parapet;
stacks with rendered shafts with platbands.
PLAN: Long rectangular plan, main elevation faces east,
service wing, probably later than main block, adjoins at north
end, entrance on west side.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Long asymmetrical, irregular 4-bay east
front with an embattled parpapet with coped embrasures and
merlons and 3 projecting bays, the 2 left-hand bays with
2-tier canted bay windows. Moulded string at first-floor sill
level and moulded cornice below parapet. Windows with
dripmoulds glazed mostly with high-transomed casements with
glazing bars, some small-pane sashes. Rear elevation similar
in style, most windows here small-pane sashes. Probably
Edwardian projecting embattled porch with a Tudor-arched
doorway.
INTERIOR: Plaster cornices, and joinery from the C19 and early
C20 survives. Interesting early C20 patterned white glass on
ground floor.

Listing NGR: SX9233967966

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569218

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