Description

TORQUAY

SX9163 ROCK ROAD 885-1/17/223 (West side) 10/01/75 Nos.55, 57 AND 57A (Formerly Listed as: ROCK ROAD Nos.55 AND 57)

GV II

House. Late 1860s/early 1870s. Plastered; hipped slate roof; stacks with rendered shafts with platbands. PLAN: Double-depth plan, built into the cliff. Ground floor treated as basement, first-floor front door on south side. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys. Eaves band with very deep boarded eaves on big moulded brackets; projecting second floor sill band; first-floor balcony, probably secondary, on big curved brackets. 2-window east front. Round-headed ground-floor windows with keyblocks and dripmoulds, glazed with 4-pane sashes; similar window on left return. First and second-floor windows have rounded upper corners and are glazed with 4-pane sashes, the first-floor windows taller with projecting hoods on wrought-iron brackets; first-floor balcony with plain cross-braced panels. Steps up to the front door on the first floor on the south return with round-headed doorway with plain fanlight. First-floor window right similar to those on east side, canted bay to left. First floor centre window on south side converted to front door to flat. INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest.

Listing NGR: SX9170563660

External Links

• Wikidata Q26569219

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]