Wolborough House

Wolborough House is a large house located on Berry Head Road in Brixham, built around 1910. At the time of the survey, it was empty. The house is constructed from rusticated local grey limestone, with sections of roughcast and tile-hanging, and features a tiled roof with decorated cast-iron railings. The architectural style is an eclectic mix of Arts and Crafts and French Baroque.

The layout consists of two rooms wide and two rooms deep, with a rear entrance leading into a hall that contains the staircase. The basement, which is believed to have been the original ballroom, is now divided into flats. The exterior is two storeys high, with the ground floor elevated over an arcaded terrace that provides light to the basement. The ground floor is made of stone, while the first floor is roughcast, featuring an unusual coved sgraffito cornice. The windows are timber mullioned and transomed, mostly with small leaded panes above the transoms.

The terrace, which has decorated cast-iron railings, is supported by an arcade of round-headed arches that are corbelled out in the center. It extends around the side of the house with turned balusters. The entrance elevation at the rear has a symmetrical three-bay ground floor, with a central moulded segmental-arched stone doorway flanked by 4-light bow windows. The first floor has four windows, two of which are bowed, and a cast-iron balcony on cast-iron brackets that wraps around one wall of the projecting service wing on the left.

Inside, the house also displays an eclectic style. The main ground-floor room is designed in a baronial Tudor style, featuring oak panelling and an inglenook fireplace with a stone segmental-headed chimneypiece, along with carved text on the inner arch of the inglenook. There are likely original wall light fittings. Other rooms showcase a variety of styles, with different plasterwork and chimneypieces ranging from 17th century to Adam style, including a notable bolection-moulded chimneypiece in the billiard room. The staircase has a timber balustrade and features interesting stained glass in the stair window, illustrating scenes from the history of Brixham, including the landing of William of Orange. Wolborough House is a richly detailed property, prominently situated above the harbour on steeply rising ground.