Description

TORQUAY

SX9263 HIGHER WOODFIELD ROAD
885-1/18/118 (West side)
10/01/75 Mintons and Woods Way
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGHER WOODFIELD ROAD
Iona)

GV II

Villa, subdivided. Probably 1835 (Pevsner). Plastered; hipped
slate roofs; stacks with deep projecting cornices and some
orignal octagonal pots.
PLAN: Rectangular double-depth main block with entrance on the
south side and north-east service wing at right-angles.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Deep eaves and verges on moulded
brackets; eaves and verges band; first-floor platband. 3-bay
front, broken forward and gabled in the centre. Flat-roofed
projecting porch in centre with pilaster strips, platband and
plain proud architraves to openings. Round-headed doorway with
recessed 4-panel front door with timber panelling in arch
above. Door flanked by round-headed sash windows. First-floor
centre window recessed and glazed with small-pane sash with
radial glazing bars. Ground-floor window right a 12-pane sash;
first- floor window with Venetian shutters.
3-bay garden elevation with canted bay windows to ground foor
and tent-roof verandah on posts with floor of octagonal tiles,
which returns for 2 bays along the entrance front.
INTERIOR: Not inspected but noted in Pevsner as having fine
plaster ceilings and interesting wall and floor tiling added
after the building was bought by Herbert Minton, the
tile-maker, in 1856, including wall tiles to a design by
Pugin.
HISTORY: Similar in detail to Singlton (qv) on the opposite
side of the road. Shown on 1866 OS map as 'Belmont'.
An unspoiled example of one of the earlier Torquay villas.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1952-1989:
P.860).

Listing NGR: SX9253163369

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569233

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Recommended Books

• 
  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)