Palm Grove

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SX9263 MEADFOOT SEA ROAD 885-1/18/171 (South side) Palm Grove

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Villa, now in use as holiday flats. c1865-75, with later alterations. Plastered; hipped slate roof; stacks with rendered, paired shafts with common moulded cornices. PLAN: 2 rectangular blocks abutting one another with an entrance tower, square on plan, in the angle between the blocks. EXTERIOR: Deep eaves on brackets. 3-window garden (south-east) elevation with 2 gables to the front and rich stucco detail. Band below verges; moulded first-floor sill band. Canted bay with moulded cornice to ground floor left, window with recessed architrave and floating cornice to ground floor right. First-floor windows have segmental-headed arches. First-floor window left has a pediment on consoles. Right-hand window flanked by pilasters with vermiculated rustication, moulded architrave with key block. Windows glazed with 4-pane sashes with horizontal glazing bars. Right return 2-windows with stuccoed quoins; first floor sill band. Projecting stack to left divides at first-floor level with a round-headed recess with key block between the flues; stack gabled at eaves level. 2 tall ground-floor sashes to the right with floating cornices on consoles; 2 first-floor sashes all glazed similarly to those on garden elevation. 3-stage entrance tower has a hipped slate roof with deep eaves on brackets and a tall finial. Tower canted on the ground floor with a segmental-headed doorway with a 4-panel door, flanked by windows. 2 first-floor sashes, below a projecting cornice on brackets. 3 tall, narrow, round-headed windows to each face of the first floor. Other elevations somewhat plainer. Large C20 addition at south-west. INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest.

Listing NGR: SX9255963166