6, 6A And 6B And Attached Walls To Front Garden

PAIGNTON

SX8961 OLD TORQUAY ROAD 1947-1/4/63 (North side) 10/01/75 Nos.6, 6A AND 6B and attached walls to front garden (Formerly Listed as: OLD TORQUAY ROAD Nos.6, 6A AND 6B Barcombe End)

GV II

House, now divided into 2, including garden walls. Probably C18 or earlier in origin. Rendered mass wall; thatched roof with plain ridge, gabled at ends; end stacks and axial stack, left end projecting with brick shaft and old pots, axial with stone base to C20 brick shaft; right end with C20 brick shaft. PLAN: 2 phases. The left-hand end has a single-depth main block, 2 rooms-wide with a central passage entrance. The adjoining cottage to the right has a higher roofline and a doorway to the left. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3:1-window front. The house to the left has a central C20 timber front door flanked by C20 timber windows in large embrasures. 3 first-floor 2-light small-pane timber casements. The right-hand cottage has a C19 recessed 6-panel door to the right with an overlight with glazing bars. One ground and one first-floor tall timber casement with small panes. Local red breccia rubble garden walls to front gardens. INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest. Part of a small group of pre-C19 vernacular buildings in Preston.

Listing NGR: SX8908861772