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No 1 And Attached Front Railings 390741

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MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.521616 50.461298,-3.521659 50.461232,-3.521571...
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1975-01-10
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1280036
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No 1 And Attached Front Railings
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House and shop at end of terrace, house now used as offices. c1850s house. Shop probably added 1864 when Torwood Street was widened (Ellis, p.339), and the end house of the terrace demolished; C20 rear additions. Plastered; slate roof, half-hipped at right (north) end; stacks with rendered shafts and projecting cornices, front lateral stack with scrolled shouldered shaft. PLAN: End house in a terrace of 8 with a slightly bowed front. House double-depth, entered from Parkhill Road. Shop is a canted block added to the right (north) end, facing onto Torwood Street. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic 3-bay east front to Parkhill Road. Deep eaves on paired moulded brackets. Bays divided by pilaster strips; first-floor sill band; eaves band. 6-panel front door to left with deep overlight. First-floor windows left and centre reglazed in original embrasures; blind window to right. 2 reglazed ground-floor windows partly concealed by single-storey C20 flat roofed addition abutting front. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: railings to small area in front and bounding path with pronounced ogee finials. INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest. (Ellis CA: An Historical Survey of Torquay, 2nd edition: 1930-: P.339). Listing NGR: SX9209463490
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390741
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1975-01-10
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