Follaton House (South Hams District Council)

Follaton House is an early 19th century country house designed in a classical style. It has two storeys and an attic, featuring a symmetrical facade with nine windows and a central entrance bay that has three windows. The roof is hipped and covered with Welsh slate, and it is adorned with moulded stucco stacks. The building has stucco pilasters at the corners, supporting a dentil cornice. The attic includes pilaster strips on the quoins, along with a cornice and blocking course. The first-floor windows are recessed sash windows with glazing bars, while the attic features casement windows also with glazing bars. A prominent feature is the pedimented Ionic tetrastyle portico that extends the full height of the building, which includes an architraved doorway with a cornice and raised and fielded double panel doors.

Inside, the house boasts a well-preserved interior with a staircase that has a panelled dado and newels, turned balusters, carved brackets, and a moulded handrail. There are marble fireplaces throughout. The committee room features an enriched stucco ceiling and Rococo-style panelling, while the council chamber has an alcove flanked by paired Corinthian columns and an enriched stucco ceiling.