Mount Sandford

BISHOPS TAWTON MOUNT SANDFORD ROAD SS 53 SE 7/46 Mount Sandford

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House. C17/C18 refashioned and extended in early C19. Painted stucco, rusticated quoins. Slate roofs with lead flashings. Groups of brick stacks to each range. Complex plan with 2 long parallel ranges with central valleys to roofs of several different heights with 2 principal rooms and facade added in early C19 across the double gables at the west end, and a third parallel shorter range added to rear. 2 storeys. Regency facade of 2 bays with shaped parapet and moulded cornice. Two 2- storey canted bay windows with 2 storey timber verandah and balcony with 2 tiers of slender timber posts with shaped brackets and decorative wrought iron balustrade to balcony. Lead covered balcony roof sweeping up under main roof cornice. 2 over 2- paned sashes with margin glazing bars to canted bays with 4 panes sidelights. North side has low parapet above moulded cornice. 6 window range. Scattered fenestration of 2-, 9- and 16-paned sashes. Projecting porch with parapet, moulded cornice and round arched doorway with impost bands running round side walls. Wide 4-panelled door with overlight and 1/2-glazed inner door of 2 panels with 4 panes above with margin glazing bars. Interior: room to left of entrance hall has dado panelling to all 4 walls with integral cupboards. Boxed in beams in same style. Plaster cornices to principal rooms of early C19 addition. Roof structure appears to be early C19 but whole roof space not accessible.

Listing NGR: SS5776731473