Description

TORQUAY

SX9263 HIGHER WOODFIELD ROAD
885-1/18/120 (East side)
10/01/75 Singleton

GV II

Villa, unoccupied at time of survey. Said to be 1836 (previos
List description). Plastered; hipped slate roof; stacks with
plastered shafts with projecting cornices.
PLAN: Double-depth rectangular main block with entrance on
west side and service block to north.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Deep eaves on shaped paired brackets;
platband. One-window entrance front, slightly broken forward
and gabled in the centre with shallow projecting stacks to
left and right. Projecting flat-roofed open porch with
segmental-headed central arch flanked by narrow round-headed
arches, all with keyblocks and capitals; deep projecting
cornice below parapet. Round-headed recessed first-floor
window, glazed with a small-pane sash with radial glazing bars
and shaped Venetian shutters. Panelled front door with
overlight with lozenge glazing bars. Verandah to right on
chamfered posts has fretted fascia and returns across the
3-bay right return. This has 12-pane first-floor sashes with
Venetian shutters. Ground-floor French windows reglazed and
shutters missing at time of survey. Conservatory to south-east
end.
INTERIOR: Not inspected but likely to retain features of
interest.
Similar in style to Mintons (qv) on the opposite side of the
road. Preserves its C19 garden plot. External detail
well-preserved, interior said to be undivided, rare in a
Torquay villa of this size.

Listing NGR: SX9257963311

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569234

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Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)