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The Cottage, Torre Abbey 390471

• geometry: MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.541691 50.464652,-3.541765 50.464596,-3.541746...
• entry-date: 1988-02-09
• listed-building: 1207700
• name: The Cottage, Torre Abbey
• notes: Small detached house, formerly the gardener's cottage to Torre Abbey, The King's Drive, (qv). Late C19 with late C20 additions. Red breccia to principal elevations; local grey limestone with a crazed finish to lesser elevations. Terracotta dressings; slate roof, gabled at ends with deep eaves with cusped bargeboards and heavy pendants; peaked ridge tiles. Stack with brick shaft and old chimney pots. Very late example of Gothick style. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic All windows with chamfered arched heads and terracotta surrounds, glazed with tall 2-pane sashes. Asymmetrical 3-window north elevation, gabled to the front to the right. Recessed front door under deep porch hood on brackets covered with shaped slates. Lancets to either side, triple lancet to gable, smaller window to left of door; archway to garden alongside at far left. Right return has smaller gable and triple window. Rear (south) elevation gabled with 2 lancets. East elevation with doorway into left-hand outshut, 1-light ground floor window, 2-light window in the gable. INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest. HISTORY: One of a group of 3 coeval estate workers' houses around the entrance gates to Torre Abbey. Listing NGR: SX9067663892
• reference: 390471
• start-date: 1988-02-09