Holmwood

TORQUAY

SX9263 LINCOMBE DRIVE 885-1/18/126 (South side) 10/01/75 Holmwood

GV II

Villa, now subdivided. 1840-41 (previous List description). Plastered walls; hipped slate roof; stacks with rendered shafts with deep projecting cornices. PLAN: Rectangular double-depth main range with entrance on west side and service block to north. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Deep eaves; corner pilasters; eaves band. Main block has one-window entrance front, pedimented gable to the left; shallow projecting stack to the right. Projecting porch with pilasters and entablature. Single-storey bay to left with 20-pane fixed window; 12-pane first-floor sash. Conservatory across front to right. Service block to left, now in separate ownership, is 3 storeys and 2 windows with a square-headed doorway with plain overlight. Garden (south) elevation with dentil eaves frieze, 2 shallow projecting bays with pedimented gables containing laurel wreaths. Later canted bays with parapets to ground floor glazed with 2 over 3- and 6 over 9-pane sashes. First-floor tripartite windows reglazed as plate glass sashes with Venetian shutters. 5-bay verandah across front on timber posts with glazed roof. INTERIOR: Some alteration but retains original joinery and plasterwork. (List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: DoE: Borough of Torbay: 1975-: P.153).

Listing NGR: SX9289063272