1, Blatchcombe Road

PAIGNTON

SX8861 BLATCHCOMBE ROAD 1947-1/4/5 (South side) 10/01/75 No.1 (Formerly Listed as: BLATHCOMBE ROAD No.1) (Formerly Listed as: SOUTHFIELD ROAD Lodge on corner with Shorton Road)

GV II

Villa, now in use as an institution. c1840 with later C19 alterations. Rendered; slate roof; stacks with rendered shafts with platbands. PLAN: Corner site between Southfield and Blatchcombe Road, set high above Southfield Road. Approximately rectangular plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with single-storey block. Blatchcombe Road elevation has an asymmetrical 1:2-window front plus one window to the single-storey section to the left. One-bay entrance block, broken forward, to left with a moulded cornice at first-floor level and a wide panelled front door. To the right the front has one ground-floor sash re-glazed with one over one panes and a first-floor C19 twelve-pane sash, C20 window inserted alongside. To the right the front breaks forward with 2 first-floor 12-pane C19 sashes and a 3-light ground-floor ribbon window with margin panes. The single-storey block at the left end has a cornice below the parapet and a sash window. The Southfield Road elevation has two C19 ground-floor high-transomed small-pane casements with margin panes and 2 similar first-floor windows without transoms; attic dormer glazed with casement. 4-pane sash window with moulded cornice to single-storey block to right. Conservatory with finial on gable and crested ridge adjoins at left end and projects to front. INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest.

Listing NGR: SX8845361212