Torbay Council

Listed building outline: Rock House 390770

Rock House 390770

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entry-date: 1975-01-10
listed-building: 1280041
name: Rock House
notes: Large villa. c1850s with Edwardian alterations. Cement-rendered and blocked out; slate roof behind parapet; stacks with rendered shafts with platbands. PLAN: Long rectangular plan, main elevation faces east, service wing, probably later than main block, adjoins at north end, entrance on west side. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Long asymmetrical, irregular 4-bay east front with an embattled parpapet with coped embrasures and merlons and 3 projecting bays, the 2 left-hand bays with 2-tier canted bay windows. Moulded string at first-floor sill level and moulded cornice below parapet. Windows with dripmoulds glazed mostly with high-transomed casements with glazing bars, some small-pane sashes. Rear elevation similar in style, most windows here small-pane sashes. Probably Edwardian projecting embattled porch with a Tudor-arched doorway. INTERIOR: Plaster cornices, and joinery from the C19 and early C20 survives. Interesting early C20 patterned white glass on ground floor. Listing NGR: SX9233967966
reference: 390770
start-date: 1975-01-10
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