Description

LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH

SS74NW COMBE PARK
858-1/2/55 Combe Park Hotel

II

Hotel in own grounds, formerly private house. c1840, with
possible earlier origins. Rough rendered, tile roof including
some fishtail. A compact wide-span block with triple-gabled
entrance front and central staircase. Picturesque Tudor Gothic
style.
2 storeys and attic; 4-window front. All windows are
small-pane casements with pointed heads to the lights but
under square heads; the top floor has a 3-light to each
smaller side gable, and 1:3:1 lights to the wider central
gable. At first floor are four 3-light, and ground floor has a
deep 3-light to the left, and to the right a square bay with
crenellated parapet and 1:5:1-lights to solid corners. Centred
is a porch with haunched coped gable over a pointed arch with
rough drip-mould; the porch cheeks have a small-paned lancet;
inner panelled door. The gabled return to the right has two
3-light casements at each level, and the left gable is slate
hung, with 4 casements.
The rear has 2 small gables, and between these a deep stair
window in 3 lights, and various casements; there is a large
flat-roofed extension. The gables have plain barge-boards, and
a small finial. There is a large external stack to the left,
and a wide stack on the rear roof slope to the right.
INTERIOR not inspected; damaged by fire in 1993/4, since
restored with original joinery including doors retained.
A very complete building in the Picturesque style.
Purchased by the Revd WH Halliday in 1832, the first property
to be added to the initial purchase of Glenthorne. Carries
hallmarks of the Halliday estate, such as the triple gable
entrance front and the central porch. Most of the rest of the
buildings formerly belonging to this estate are in the Parish
of Countisbury and include Watersmeet House.

Listing NGR: SS7364247543

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26501600

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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