Nos 2 And 4 And Attached Garden Walls To No 2

PAIGNTON

SX8861 SOUTHFIELD RISE 1947-1/4/86 (North side) 10/01/75 Nos.2 AND 4 and attached garden walls to No.2 (Formerly Listed as: SOUTHFIELD RISE Nos.1-4 (Consecutive))

GV II

Pair of villas, now divided into flats, including garden walls to No.2. c1840. MATERIALS: Rendered; hipped slate roof; stacks with rendered shafts with platbands. PLAN: Overall U-plan with 2 wings flanking a central range. The mirror plan villas are entered towards the centre. EXTERIOR: 3 storey wings, 2 storeys in the centre. Originally symmetrical 3:3:3-bay front. Deep eaves; wings have left and right pilaster strips; platband at 2nd floor sill level. The centre block is recessed with a shallow pedimented gable. 3-bay Doric arcade across front forming a breccia-paved verandah with round-headed arches carried on paired columns. Verandah glazed in late C19, partly with windows partly with glazed doors with low panels. 2 first-floor 12-pane sashes. The wings have recessed central 6-panel doors to the ground floor (No.2 with replaced door). Windows mostly intact 12-pane C19 sashes with some reglazing in original embrasures: unfortunate attic dormer to No.4 glazed with plastic window. No.4 has Venetian shutters with scalloped fascias (one pair of shutters missing). Rear elevation not seen on survey. No.2 has tall red breccia rubble garden walls. INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest. This building is a pair with Nos 12 and 14 (qv).

Listing NGR: SX8843661312