Description

CLIFTON PLACE
1.
1633
The Rock Cottage
SY 1287 1/47 12.10.51.
II GV
2.
Detached stucco house, 2 storeys and attic. Early C19 "cottage ornee"
style with thatched roof and projecting bracketed eaves. Semi-circular
3 -light dormers. Polygonal chimney pots with terracota ornament. 4
window elevation to sea with good ground floor verandah. Tudor heads
to 2-light casements with drip moulds. The 3 centre bays of verandah
break forward and it is partly returned to sides. Open work square section
supports and leaded roof. The front to Peak Hill Road has a projecting
central gabled bay. Later alterations have been made to this front which
has leaded Tudor style fenestration. The house forms part of a group,
between the cliff edge and Peak Hill Road at the west end of the Esplanade,
that is one of Sidmouth's most characteristic features.

All the listed buildings in Clifton Place form a group.

Listing NGR: SY1221987056

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26618542

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)