Watcombe Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1975. House. 2 related planning applications.
Watcombe Cottage
- WRENN ID
- vacant-basalt-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torbay
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1975
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TORQUAY
SX9267 TEIGNMOUTH ROAD 885-1/6/486 Watcombe Cottage 10/01/75
II
Chapel, now house. Built for IK Brunel as part of his estate at Watcombe Park, now Brunel Manor (qv). c1866 but converted soon after Brunel's death to a cottage with extension to west. Snecked stone rubble with slate roof and stone stacks. Rectangular plan. One storey and attic. 1980s windows in original openings: 2 original pointed-arched windows, the others flat-arched and including gabled half dormers. Doors date from conversion. INTERIOR not inspected, and full access to site not possible on review. Drawings by Brunel for an elaborate altar piece survive at Bristol University, but do not appear to have been carried out.
Listing NGR: SX9200967434
Detailed Attributes
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