Description

TORQUAY

SX9263 MEADFOOT LANE
885-1/18/158 (South side)
Nos.39-51 (Odd)
and attached walls and railings

GV II

Terrace of 7 houses. c1865-1875. probably designed by JW
Rowell. Snecked local grey limestone rubble with painted
dressings; slate roof with gables and half hips; stacks with
stone shafts with platbands and multiple pots.
PLAN: Each house has a single-depth main range with a small
rear projection and a rear wing, enclosing a small rear
service yard.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Cusped bargeboards on moulded brackets.
Each house has a 2-window front, except the end houses. Centre
house set back and gabled to the front. Flanking houses (Nos
47 and 43) half-hipped to the front, Nos 49 and 41 with pairs
of gabled dormers to the front. Nos 51 and 39 gabled to the
front with entrances and set back blocks on the outer return.
All houses except the end houses have crank-arched chamfered
doorways to the left, original doors are vertically-boarded
with crank-headed fanlights cut into them. Ground-floor window
right is a 3-light high transomed casement with painted
dressings; 2 similarly-glazed first floor windows. Nos 45, 51
and 39 have a 1-light attic window in the gable. No.39 has a
conservatory across the front with trefoil-leaded lights.
Front gardens enclosed by rubble walls with iron railings.
INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest.

Listing NGR: SX9217263304

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26502001

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Recommended Books

• 
  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings