Penhayes

KENTON SOUTH TOWN, Kenton SX 98 SE

6/259 Penhayes

GV II

Villa, in use as retirement home. Circa 1840-50, said to have been built for the steward to the Powderham Estate (information from owner) and probably contemporary with the alterations to Powderham Castle being carried out for the 10th Earl of Devon by Charles Fowler. Snecked grey limestone; slate roofs, gabled at ends; stone stacks with tall stone chimney shafts in groups with brattished caps. Tudor style. Plan: Double depth main block, approximately rectangular on plan, the north and east elevations facing the garden with an entrance on the south side and a service wing to the north. The main block is double depth with an entrance hall leading into the central stair hall. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4 window south front to the main block with a gabled porch with a chamfered 2-centred arched stone doorframe, original timber door and decorated floor tiles; projecting stack with set-offs to right of centre with tall paired shafts; 2- and 3-light C19 timber transomed casements with hoodmoulds. The east elevation has 2 projections, gabled to the front; the left hand projection has a canted bay with an ornamental slate roof with wrought iron cresting. C20 door inserted in centre, below the large C19 3-light transomed stair window with a hood mould: other windows C19 2- and 3-light transomed casements with hoodmoulds. The north elevation has a gabled projection to the front at the left with a C20 canted bay copied from the bay on the east side with a French window and 2- and 3-light C19 transomed casements. Interior: Original features survive including plaster cornices, joinery, marble chimneypieces and a C19 main stair with chamfered stick balusters and a ramped wreathed handrail: the service wing includes a stick baluster service stair with a ramped handrail.

Listing NGR: SX9630583233