Torbay Council

Listed building outline: 32 AND 34, OLD TORQUAY ROAD 383838

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32 AND 34, OLD TORQUAY ROAD 383838

• geometry: MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.561767 50.445904,-3.561691 50.445941,-3.561696...
• entry-date: 1951-03-13
• listed-building: 1195235
• name: 32 AND 34, OLD TORQUAY ROAD
• notes: House, divided into 2 cottages. Probably mid C17 or earlier in origin. Rendered mass wall; thatched roof, hipped at ends; large projecting front lateral stack with roughcast shaft and paired pots with toothed cresting. Single-depth to main range, 2-rooms-wide, now with left and right doorways facing stairs. Later rear outshuts (not thatched). 2 storeys. Almost symmetrical 3:1-window front, the lateral stack shouldered with drip ledges. Recessed C20 doors to left and right; ground-floor C20 small-pane bow windows towards the centre. 4 first-floor small-pane timber 3-light casements. The right return of No.34 has a first-floor window with probably early C19 two-light casement with glazing bars. INTERIOR: No.32 modernised. No.34 said to retain early exposed carpentry but access to interior unobtainable on survey. One of a group of pre-C19 vernacular houses in Preston. Listing NGR: SX8921061846
• reference: 383838
• start-date: 1951-03-13