Tollmarsh, Including Front Railings

BUCKFASTLEIGH

SX76NW PLYMOUTH ROAD 1011-1/1/115 (South East side) No.30 Tollmarsh, including front railings

GV II

Large house, including front railings, built for the Hamlyn family, millowners in Buckfastleigh. c1870s. Stuccoed and blocked out; natural slate roof, hipped at ends with lead rolls; stack with rendered shaft and cornice. Plan: overall L-plan, the main block double-depth and fronting the Plymouth Road, entrance on right return. Rear left service wing at right-angles. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys to main block, service wing 2-storey. Symmetrical 3-bay entrance elevation. Very deep eaves on moulded brackets; rusticated quoins, toothed above first-floor level. Central doorway with stuccoed doorcase with panelled pilasters with massive acanthus-carved consoles supporting a projecting pediment. C20 replacement door with glazed overlight. Canted bay windows to left and right with moulded cornices, glazed with horned 2-pane sashes. Pedimented first-floor windows with pilastered architraves with sunk panels and richly-moulded consoles. Sill blocks below moulded string. 2nd-floor windows have moulded frames, plain pilasters and sill blocks. All windows glazed with 4-pane sash windows. 3-bay Plymouth Road elevation similar, but ground floor windows have moulded sill blocks and pedimented architraves with panelled pilasters and richly-moulded consoles. First-floor window left has pediment missing. Probably secondary doorway between left-hand and adjacent bays. Recessed 6-panel door with overlight. Small area in front of Plymouth Road elevation is railed off with late C19 railings with square section verticals and elaborate finials. INTERIOR: not inspected but known to have retained interior features including elaborate chimneypieces. Subsidiary features: small area in front of Plymouth Road elevation has late C19 railings with square-section verticals and elaborate finials. Historical note: in 1879 John Hamlyn Junior of Hamlyn Brothers was living in Tollmarsh. Of historical interest for its association with this important local family.

Listing NGR: SX7375265904