The Grove is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1975. House. 1 related planning application.
The Grove
- WRENN ID
- white-stair-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torbay
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1975
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TORQUAY
SX96NW BEACH ROAD, Babbacombe 885-1/2/317 (South East side) 10/01/75 The Grove
GV II
House. c1840s - date of 1849 found on paintwork during renovations. Re-planned internally and thoroughly restored externally in the 1990s. Stuccoed and blocked out; slate roof; stacks with rendered shafts. Cottage ornee style. PLAN: Deep rectangular central staircase plan: some rear additions. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay front, the outer bays bowed and gabled to the front. Very deep eaves on massive brackets; pierced ornamental bargeboards with apex pendants. Central gabled porch with elaborate bargeboards and buttresses; Tudor-arched doorway. C20 French windows to outer bays; 2-light C20 timber casements to first floor, centre window with arched heads. INTERIOR: Modernized and replanned. This house is one of a collection of picturesque small houses built on the steep, wooded cliffside above Babbacombe beach. The house was derelict and vandalized prior to its thorough renovation.
Listing NGR: SX9310365336
Detailed Attributes
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.