Rydon House

TALATON ST 00 SE 3/173 Rydon House 22.2.55 - II

Small country house. 1822 according to a date in the roof, later C19 service wing. Stucco on brick; brick stacks with plastered chimneyshafts; slate roof. Plan: the double depth plan house faces north. It is 2 rooms wide and 2 deep. There is a front room either side of the central entrance hall and the stairs rise between the front and back left rooms. The rooms are heated by axial stacks. The service block is lower and on the left (west) end. It is set back from the main front and projects to rear. It has a 2-room plan with an axial stack between. The house is 2 storeys. Exterior: the main front has a symmetrical 3-window front of original sash windows; the ground floor ones have 20 panes and the first floor ones have 16 panes. The central bay breaks forward very slightly above the central doorway. This contains double doors each containing one upright fielded panel. The fanlight contains a curvilinear pattern of glazing bars, there are panelled reveals and a flat-roofed porch with a slightly moulded entablature and Ionic columns. There is a stucco flat platband across the front at first floor level, a moulded eaves cornice and parapet. The low pitch roof is made up of 2 parallel roofs hipped each end. The right (east) front is in the same style and has a 4-window front of ground floor 20-pane sashes and first floor 16-pane sashes. The rear is plainer and has an irregular 2-window front which includes 16 -, 20 - and 25 - pane sashes. The service block is lower and it contains mostly C19 and C20 casements with glazing bars but also the front end contains a 20-pane sash. Interior: was not inspected although it is said to include original joinery and otner detail. Also the owner claims that the date 1822 is inscribed on the roof structure.

Listing NGR: ST0727600166