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Court House

A Grade II Listed Building in St Marychurch, Torbay

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.5056 / 50°30'20"N

Longitude: -3.5172 / 3°31'1"W

OS Eastings: 292508

OS Northings: 68406

OS Grid: SX925684

Mapcode National: GBR QX.0FYL

Mapcode Global: FRA 37JQ.FL6

Plus Code: 9C2RGF4M+64

Entry Name: Court House

Listing Date: 10 January 1975

Last Amended: 3 May 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1292043

English Heritage Legacy ID: 390769

ID on this website: 101292043

Location: Maidencombe, Torbay, Devon, TQ1

County: Torbay

Electoral Ward/Division: St Marychurch

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Torquay

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Stokeinteignhead St Andrew

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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Description



TORQUAY

SX96NW ROCK HOUSE LANE, Maidencombe
885-1/2/411 Court House
20/11/52
(Formerly Listed as:
MAIDENCOMBE VILLAGE
Court House Hotel)

GV II

Formerly known as: Court Farmhouse.
House, partly converted to holiday flats. Late C16 in origin,
extended and altered in the C20. Stone rubble and plastered
cob; artificial thatch roof; gabled at ends; stacks with
rendered shafts.
PLAN: Overall L-plan. Main range with doorway into what may
have been the former cross passage at the right end. Plan
otherwise very altered; cross wing projects to front at right
and consists of a fine parlour on the ground floor with a
lateral stack on the inner return and adjoining winder stair.
Small closet in rear right corner.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic. Main range 2:2 window front,
the 2 left-hand windows in a 1950s addition. Panelled front
door to right with a thatched porch. 2 ground-floor windows
are glazed with early C19 sixteen-pane sashes, C20 first-floor
timber casements. The wing, to the right, has 2 windows in the
gable end wall and a lateral stack on the inner return.
INTERIOR: Parlour has richly-moulded intersecting beamed
ceiling. Fireplace reduced in size; blocked newel stair
alongside has a timber arched doorway. Closet has a small
timber-framed window. The first-floor retains a similar
doorway at the top of the stairs, and a second and an axial
beam with scroll stops.
Roof: Apex not inspected but no evidence of cruck trusses on
first floor.


Listing NGR: SX9250868406

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