Description

TORQUAY

SX9063 ROUSDOWN ROAD, Chelston
885-1/17/338 (East side)
Ambrook, Little Ambrook and Lower
Ambrook

GV II

Villa, subdivided into three. c1870s. Stuccoed with traces of
blocking out; hipped slate roofs; stacks with rendered shafts
with deep projecting cornices.
PLAN: Double-depth rectangular main block with entrance on the
west side and north service wing.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Deep eaves on paired moulded brackets;
corner pilasters; eaves band and verges band; moulded sill
band; platband. Asymmetrical 3:2-window front (3 windows to
the service wing). Centre of main block broken forward and
gabled. All windows glazed with 2 over 2-pane sashes with
horizontal glazing bars. Round-headed doorway with a moulded
architrave and vermiculated keyblock; 6-panel front door with
plain overlight. Round-headed first-floor window with moulded
and pilastered architrave with a keyblock. Right-hand bay has
shallow projecting stack with scratch-moulded panels. Windows
in left-hand bay have moulded architraves. Plainer 3-window
service front to the left. Right return opens onto a
balustraded terrace and has two 2-storey canted bays, gabled
to the front. Centre first-floor windows round-headed with
pilastered moulded architraves, others square-headed with
moulded architraves. Rear elevation in a similar style with a
gabled projection in the centre.
INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest.
Paired with Torview (qv), to the south, and very prominent
from the Exeter Road. An externally complete example of a
conventionally-planned later C19 Torquay villa in an unspoiled
suburb.

Listing NGR: SX9040263831

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580062

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)