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Listed building outline: 446 AND 448, BABBACOMBE ROAD 390476

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446 AND 448, BABBACOMBE ROAD 390476

• geometry: MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.510397 50.464861,-3.510343 50.464786,-3.510315...
• entry-date: 1975-01-10
• listed-building: 1206723
• name: 446 AND 448, BABBACOMBE ROAD
• notes: Villa, now divided into two. c1855-65. Plastered; slate roof; stacks with rendered shafts with cornices. PLAN: Main block approximately rectangular; service wing to the left (now separate property). EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 1:1:1-window front. Deep eaves. Each bay slightly set back from left to right, left-hand bay gabled to the front. Each bay with rusticated quoining; moulded platband; moulded string to first floor sill level. Eaves band, the right-hand bay with paired eaves brackets. Round-headed doorway in centre bay with pilasters and blocks around the arch with vermiculated rustication. Ground-floor windows have plain architraves, right-hand with a floating cornice on brackets. First-floor windows left and centre are round-headed with pilasters, moulded architraves and keyblocks. First floor window right has a moulded, shouldered, eared architrave. All windows glazed with 4-pane sashes with horizontal glazing bars. Garden front to the right return has a fine Edwardian conservatory, the end bays octagonal with steep pyramidal glazed roofs. Long range between octagonal bays has round-headed lights with gable in the centre. Service wing at left end has a plainer 3-bay front with a platband and plate glass sashes. INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest. Listing NGR: SX9291463875
• reference: 390476
• start-date: 1975-01-10