Stable Block At Warberry Court

TORQUAY

SX9264SE LOWER WARBERRY ROAD 885-1/21/142 (North side) 02/05/74 Stable block at Warberry Court

GV II

Stable block at Warberry Court, (qv). In 2 ownerships. c1840s. Cement rendered; slate roof; stacks with rendered shafts with projecting cornices. PLAN: L-plan, containing stabling, a carriage house and accommodation for grooms. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 1:2-window south front, the one-window in the end of the gabled wing. Deep eaves and verges on paired and moulded eaves and verges brackets; moulded sill bands. The gable end of the wing has a verges band and left and right pilasters. Round-headed first-floor window with a pilastred architrave, glazed with a 4-pane sash with horizontal glazing bars. The right (east) return is 2 bays with a ground-floor stable door with overlight and one ground and one first floor 4-pane sash with horizontal glazing bars, one first- floor window converted to door. Carriage house has a shallow projecting stack in the centre, the shaft projecting through the eaves. 2 first- floor and one ground-floor 12-pane sashes, carriage door to left with glazed overlight. INTERIOR: Not inspected. An unusual survival in Torquay of a relatively unaltered stable block, contemporary with its villa.

Listing NGR: SX9258764071