Braddon Villa

Braddon Villa is a villa that has been divided into flats, built in 1824 by Ellis, with later additions from the 19th century. The building features a cement-rendered exterior and a slate roof behind a parapet, with stacks that have rendered shafts and moulded cornices. It has a double-depth plan facing south-west, with the entrance located on the south-east side leading into a porch-cum-conservatory and then into a heated stair hall. There is a rear left service wing, which is a later addition.

The villa is two storeys high. The south-west front has a moulded cornice below the parapet and includes two ground-floor windows and four first-floor windows, along with a glazed door leading into the conservatory on the right. The ground floor features plate-glass tripartite sashes with sunblind fascias, while the first floor has four 12-pane sash windows. A tent-roofed verandah with chamfered posts extends across the front, showcasing an unusual Chinese Chippendale fascia, and continues around the left side where it is glazed.

To the right of the front, there is a round-headed doorway leading into the single-storey porch-cum-conservatory, which has a half-glazed door and a plain fanlight with a keyblock. This porch-cum-conservatory was added after 1866, likely in the 1870s, and features a moulded cornice with a parapet. The front door is located to the left and is flanked by paired pilasters, with seven conservatory windows to the right that are round-headed and designed to resemble an arcade, complete with moulded blocks below the springing and keyblocks. The front door consists of two leaves with fielded panels and a sunblind fascia. There is one first-floor window and one attic window, both of which are glazed with small-pane casements. A block from around the 1860s projects to the right and is fitted with four-pane sashes that have horizontal glazing bars.

Inside, the villa remains very complete and largely unaltered, with original joinery and plasterwork still intact. Although the chimneypieces were replaced in the 1930s, the staircase features cast-iron panels in the balustrade, making this villa an unusually well-preserved example from its period in Torquay.