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Cary Castle

A Grade II Listed Building in St Marychurch, Torbay

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.4833 / 50°28'59"N

Longitude: -3.5292 / 3°31'45"W

OS Eastings: 291604

OS Northings: 65951

OS Grid: SX916659

Mapcode National: GBR QV.VYPV

Mapcode Global: FRA 37HS.8WQ

Plus Code: 9C2RFFMC+88

Entry Name: Cary Castle

Listing Date: 10 January 1975

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1293194

English Heritage Legacy ID: 390547

ID on this website: 101293194

Location: Combe Pafford, Torbay, Devon, TQ1

County: Torbay

Electoral Ward/Division: St Marychurch

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Torquay

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: St Marychurch St Mary the Virgin

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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Description



TORQUAY

SX9165 CHURCH ROAD, St Marychurch
885-1/11/427 (West side)
10/01/75 Cary Castle

II

Large villa, used for holiday flats. Late 1840s/early 1850s
with late C20 additions. Plastered; roof concealed behind
parapets; stacks with rendered shafts with embattled,
corbelled caps, some with octagonal shafts. Picturesque Gothic
style.
PLAN: Double-depth plan, the original block north-facing with
east service wings that have been developed and extended.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. 4-stage entrance tower. Embattled
parapets; angle buttresses with battered set-offs and gabled
finials. High-transomed, moulded, mullioned casement windows,
those on the front elevation with hoodmoulds with carved label
stops. 3-bay entrance front, the projecting tower in the
centre with buttresses to the lower 2 stages and pilaster
strips above. Moulded Tudor-arched outer doorway with Gothick
panelled door with fanlight. Upper stages of tower decorated
with blind traceried friezes between the pilaster strips.
Embattled parapet with corbel table and embattled pinnacles.
To right, a shallow projecting stack with embattled cap. 2
windows to left, 3 to tower. Other original elevations in a
similar style with 2- and 3-light windows and embattled
parapets, some rising in the centre.
INTERIOR: Not seen in detail but noted as having original
plasterwork, joinery and original stair.


Listing NGR: SX9160465951

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