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Listed building outline

The Cottage, Torre Abbey

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CURIE listed-building-outline:390471 no fact link
Prefix listed-building-outline Facts about Prefix
Reference 390471 Facts about Reference
Name The Cottage, Torre Abbey Facts about Name
Quality Authoritative: We have some data from the authoritative source no fact link
Dataset Listed building outline no fact link
Organisation Torbay Council no fact link
Start date 1988-02-09 Facts about Start date
End date Facts about End date
Entry date 1988-02-09 Facts about Entry date
Typology geography no fact link
Geometry MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.541691 50.464652, -3.541765 50.464596, -3.541746 50.464586, -3.541752 50.464581, -3.541714 50.464561, -3.541709 50.464565, -3.541691 50.464556, -3.541617 50.464613, -3.541691 50.464652))) Facts about Geometry
Point POINT (-3.541693 50.464603) Facts about Point
Notes Small detached house, formerly the gardener's cottage to Torre Abbey, The King's Drive, (qv). Late C19 with late C20 additions. Red breccia to principal elevations; local grey limestone with a crazed finish to lesser elevations. Terracotta dressings; slate roof, gabled at ends with deep eaves with cusped bargeboards and heavy pendants; peaked ridge tiles. Stack with brick shaft and old chimney pots. Very late example of Gothick style. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic All windows with chamfered arched heads and terracotta surrounds, glazed with tall 2-pane sashes. Asymmetrical 3-window north elevation, gabled to the front to the right. Recessed front door under deep porch hood on brackets covered with shaped slates. Lancets to either side, triple lancet to gable, smaller window to left of door; archway to garden alongside at far left. Right return has smaller gable and triple window. Rear (south) elevation gabled with 2 lancets. East elevation with doorway into left-hand outshut, 1-light ground floor window, 2-light window in the gable. INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest. HISTORY: One of a group of 3 coeval estate workers' houses around the entrance gates to Torre Abbey. Listing NGR: SX9067663892 Facts about Notes
Listed building 1207700 Facts about Listed building

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        "start-date": "1988-02-09",
        "end-date": "",
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        "notes": "Small detached house, formerly the gardener's cottage to Torre Abbey, The King's Drive, (qv). Late C19 with late C20 additions. Red breccia to principal elevations; local grey limestone with a crazed finish to lesser elevations. Terracotta dressings; slate roof, gabled at ends with deep eaves with cusped bargeboards and heavy pendants; peaked ridge tiles. Stack with brick shaft and old chimney pots. Very late example of Gothick style. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic All windows with chamfered arched heads and terracotta surrounds, glazed with tall 2-pane sashes. Asymmetrical 3-window north elevation, gabled to the front to the right. Recessed front door under deep porch hood on brackets covered with shaped slates. Lancets to either side, triple lancet to gable, smaller window to left of door; archway to garden alongside at far left. Right return has smaller gable and triple window. Rear (south) elevation gabled with 2 lancets. East elevation with doorway into left-hand outshut, 1-light ground floor window, 2-light window in the gable. INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest. HISTORY: One of a group of 3 coeval estate workers' houses around the entrance gates to Torre Abbey. Listing NGR: SX9067663892",
        "listed-building": "1207700"
    }
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