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Ambrook 390777

• geometry: MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.545681 50.464048,-3.545597 50.463988,-3.545612...
• entry-date: 1994-05-02
• listed-building: 1292002
• name: Ambrook
• notes: Villa, subdivided into three. c1870s. Stuccoed with traces of blocking out; hipped slate roofs; stacks with rendered shafts with deep projecting cornices. PLAN: Double-depth rectangular main block with entrance on the west side and north service wing. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Deep eaves on paired moulded brackets; corner pilasters; eaves band and verges band; moulded sill band; platband. Asymmetrical 3:2-window front (3 windows to the service wing). Centre of main block broken forward and gabled. All windows glazed with 2 over 2-pane sashes with horizontal glazing bars. Round-headed doorway with a moulded architrave and vermiculated keyblock; 6-panel front door with plain overlight. Round-headed first-floor window with moulded and pilastered architrave with a keyblock. Right-hand bay has shallow projecting stack with scratch-moulded panels. Windows in left-hand bay have moulded architraves. Plainer 3-window service front to the left. Right return opens onto a balustraded terrace and has two 2-storey canted bays, gabled to the front. Centre first-floor windows round-headed with pilastered moulded architraves, others square-headed with moulded architraves. Rear elevation in a similar style with a gabled projection in the centre. INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest. Paired with Torview (qv), to the south, and very prominent from the Exeter Road. An externally complete example of a conventionally-planned later C19 Torquay villa in an unspoiled suburb. Listing NGR: SX9040263831
• reference: 390777
• start-date: 1994-05-02