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TIVERTON

SS9513 PARK ROAD, Tiverton
848-1/5/236 (West side)
No.8
St George's House

GV II

Residential Care Home for the Elderly, formerly a private
house. Early or mid C19, possibly the product of 1 or more
enlargements; late C20 rear wing. Solid, rendered walls.
Slated, rendered walls. Slated roof. Rendered chimney at
right-hand end.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 7-window front. Pedimented 1
window centre feature with 2 window wings, the left wing
apparently brought forward level with the centre to insert a
ground storey conservatory. Gabled 1-window wing (probably a
later addition) at left-hand end; 1 window, flat roofed
section, slightly set back, on right. Ground storey (except
for extreme right-hand section) rusticated, as is the whole of
the pedimented centre feature. Windows mostly have moulded
architraves, some with floral brackets below the sills, and
barred sashes.
Left wing has in ground storey (the conservatory) 3
round-arched windows with margin-panes and coloured glass.
Wooden bay window with margin-panes in ground storey of gabled
wing at extreme left-hand end. Centre feature has in centre of
pediment a round window enclosed by a wreath; in ground storey
is a gabled, glazed entrance porch.
Rear elevation similar to front, with small-paned windows.
INTERIOR: considerably altered in late C19 or early C20 and
subsequently, but still retains cornices, ceiling bosses and
panelled doors. Staircase (opening off front door) is late C19
or early C20 with carved wooden balusters. Entrance hall and
conservatory have patterned, coloured floor tiles.
HISTORY: the house was formerly known as The White Lodge, and
is marked on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of 1903 as
Parkside.

Listing NGR: SS9565813136