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Listed building outline: Watcombe Hill House 390818

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Watcombe Hill House 390818

• geometry: MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.524529 50.497284,-3.524520 50.497295,-3.524559...
• entry-date: 1975-01-10
• listed-building: 1206851
• name: Watcombe Hill House
• notes: Villa. Said to be 1838 Plastered; slate hipped roof. Stacks with rendered shafts with bracketed cornices. PLAN: Overall rectangular plan with a double-depth south-facing main range, 2 rooms wide: entrance on east return into corridor from which stair rises: services in basement and to north west. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. 3-window entrance (east) elevation with deep eaves; eaves band and platband. Moulded doorcase with panelled reveals. Recessed front door with 6 fielded panels and unfortunate Georgian style fanlight cut into it. Ground-floor windows with moulded architraves: tall 16-pane sash to left, smaller 12-pane window to right. 3 first- floor 12-pane sashes. To the right a single-storey block with a parapet contains a 12-pane sash. Timber trellis verandah with tent roof with asbestos sheet tiles extends round left return on plain posts. 1:3-window garden (south) elevation with windows with moulded architraves. Ground-floor window left of main block a tall 12-pane sash; centre window blocked; right-hand window converted to French window. 3 first floor 12-pane sashes. Single-storey block at left end with tall 12-pane sash. C20 swimming pool addition at left end. INTERIOR: Original features include plaster cornices; panelled doors; stick baluster stair with mahogany handrail. Listing NGR: SX9196267497
• reference: 390818
• start-date: 1975-01-10