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Russell Court 390630

• geometry: MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.511982 50.463008,-3.512007 50.463028,-3.512067...
• entry-date: 1994-05-02
• listed-building: 1292923
• name: Russell Court
• notes: Villa, divided into flats. c1870s. Snecked local grey limestone with stucco dressings; tarred slate roof; stacks with rendered shafts with panels and deeply projecting bracketed cornices. PLAN: Double-depth main block with an entrance on the south side and an east service wing at right-angles under an M roof. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-bay (2-window) front plus 3 windows to the service wing. Deep eaves, the main block on paired moulded brackets. Moulded string to main block: platband to service wing. Eaves band; clasping pilasters. All windows with stuccoed surrounds, mostly glazed with 4-pane sashes with horizontal glazing bars. Centre bay of main block broken forward and separately roofed. Central projecting porch with a modillion cornice and blocking course. Round-headed, moulded, pilastered outer doorway with a half-glazed door and plain fanlight; pair of round-headed windows above. To left, a shallow projecting stack with round-headed panel and shaft projecting through eaves, single-storey C20 addition wraps round corner. Service wing has 3 first and 2 ground-floor windows. Left return of main block has canted ground floor window with modillion cornice and 2 tripartite first-floor windows, one round-headed under a gable. INTERIOR: Not inspected, but may retain features of interest. Included as a relatively unaltered and typical late C19 Torquay villa, its detail and massing accentuated by the honest use of stonework in contrast to the stucco more typical of Torquay village. Listing NGR: SX9277663662
• reference: 390630
• start-date: 1994-05-02