Torridge House

Torridge House is a house that has been converted into flats. It was built in the early 19th century and may have been remodeled from a late 17th or early 18th century building. The exterior features solid rendered walls and a slate roof, with a red-brick chimney on the left gable end and a rendered chimney base on the rear wing. The house has an L-shaped plan and stands three storeys high with a two-window range that is widely spaced.

The doorway between the ground-storey windows has an ovolo-moulded surround, supported by Ionic attached columns, and features an entablature with a pulvinated frieze and a modillioned cornice. To the left of the doorway is a single-light sash window, while to the right is a triple-sashed window. The second-storey windows are both wide, with a triple-sashed window to the left and a two-light wood casement to the right. The third storey has two triple-sashed windows flanking a single-light sash window in the centre. Most sashes are 6-paned, except for the two-paned side-sashes; in the third storey, the upper sashes consist of 3 and 1 panes respectively. The casements are small-paned and include transom lights. All windows, except for the casement, have moulded sills. The ends of the rafters project and are protected by an eaves-board.

The rear wall, which is visible from the Tarka Trail, has two windows with 6-paned sashes. There is a half-glazed door with patterned glazing and moulded panels, topped by a flat hood supported by late 17th or early 18th century carved brackets, likely re-set.

Inside, only the passage and stairs were inspected. The passage features an early 19th century moulded cornice, and at the rear, there is a late 17th or early 18th century door with three shaped bolection-moulded panels. The wooden open-well stair, dating from the early 19th century, has thin square balusters, shaped step-ends, and column-newels.