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Listed building outline: 52 AND 56, CECIL ROAD 383774

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52 AND 56, CECIL ROAD 383774

• geometry: MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.570341 50.439027,-3.570283 50.439048,-3.570355...
• entry-date: 1975-01-10
• listed-building: 1279681
• name: 52 AND 56, CECIL ROAD
• notes: House and cottage, at one time 3 cottages. Early C17 or earlier origins, extensive C19 and C20 alterations. MATERIALS: Roughcast cob on stone rubble footings; slate roof, gabled at left end, hipped at right end; left end stack with rendered shaft; rear right lateral stack with brick shaft; end stack to wing with rendered shaft. PLAN: Overall L-plan. Main block single-depth, 2-rooms wide (No.56) with a rear right wing at right-angles (No.52). Original plan not entirely clear but possibly a 2-room and through-passage arrangement with a heated rear wing. Main block re-roofed in the late C19; various rear additions. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic Asymmetrical 3-window front with two C20 timber front doors with C20 slated porch hoods carried on wrought-iron brackets. 3 ground and 3 first-floor windows, all glazed with C20 casements with leaded panes. Large C20 gabled dormer to right of centre. The right return has a similar front door and hood and similar windows, one to each floor. Sun Insurance fire sign fixed to front. INTERIOR: Main block preserves 2 chamfered scroll-stopped crossbeams. Narrow room in centre may be former passage. The right end room has a winder stair on the rear wall, adjacent to the lateral stack. Roof: C19 king post and strut trusses. Part of the early core of Paignton. Listing NGR: SX8857461090
• reference: 383774
• start-date: 1975-01-10