Torridge House

BIDEFORD

SS4526 TORRINGTON STREET, East-The-Water 842-1/7/261 (East side) 19/03/73 Torridge House

GV II

House, now flats. Early C19; possibly a remodelling of a late C17 or early C18 building. Solid rendered walls. Slate roof. Red-brick chimney on left gable-end. Base of rendered chimney on gable-end of rear wing. L-shaped plan. 3 storeys; 2-window range, widely-spaced. Doorway between the ground-storey windows has ovolo-moulded surround; Ionic attached columns supporting entablature with pulvinated frieze and modillioned cornice. Single-light sash window to left; triple-sashed one to right. Second-storey windows are both wide; triple-sashed to left; 2-light wood casement to right. 2 triple-sashed windows in third storey with a single-light sash-window in centre. Sashes are 6-paned except for 2-paned side-sashes; in third storey the upper sashes are of 3 and 1 panes respectively. Casements are small-paned with transom-lights. All except the casement window have moulded sills. End of rafters project and are protected by an eaves-board. Rear wall (visible from the Tarka Trail) has 2 windows with 6-paned sashes. Half-glazed door with patterned glazing and moulded panels; flat hood on late C17 or early C18 carved brackets (probably re-set). INTERIOR: only passage and stairs inspected. Former has early C19 moulded cornice; at the rear a late C17 or early C18 door with 3 shaped bolection-moulded panels. Wooden open-well stair: early C19 with thin square balusters, shaped step-ends and column-newels.

Listing NGR: SS4565226287