Vincenrt Lodge

Vincent Lodge is a house dating from 1849, designed by Cleland, incorporating elements of an earlier cottage on West Street, Bishopsteignton, with alterations made in the late 20th century. The building is coloured stucco, likely over stone with some cob at the rear, and has a slate roof with gabled ends and deep eaves featuring moulded curved eaves brackets. It has end stacks, one visible at the rear.

The house is set back from West Street behind a substantial garden wall. The plan is approximately L-shaped, consisting of a single-depth block with two main rooms facing the front, leading to a central passage containing the staircase. A service wing to the right-hand rear represents a remodelling of the earlier cottage. The front elevation originally had a local-style verandah with solid end walls, which was subsequently altered to support a late 20th-century balcony and partially removed on the left side where the front left room has been extended.

The front facade is asymmetrical (originally symmetrical) and features a gabled dormer in the centre and a late 20th-century balcony with an ironwork balustrade on the first floor. A half-glazed front door is centrally positioned, leading into a passage. To the right of the front door, the verandah features a round-headed niche with hexagonal floor tiling. An 8-over-12-pane sash window is located to the right of the front door. A late 20th century timber French window with glazing bars is set to the left of the front door, mirroring the first floor French windows on either side and to the dormer. Early 19th-century small-pane sash windows are found on the other elevations.

Inside, original early 19th-century features remain, including shutters, joinery, plaster cornices, and a staircase with stick balusters and a ramped, wreathed handrail. Vincent Lodge is situated on the corner of Fore and West Streets and is a significant feature of the streetscape.