Shorton Manor

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SX86SE SHORTON ROAD 1947-1/2/84 (West side) 10/01/75 Shorton Manor

GV II

House. Late C16 or earlier origins, alterations of the early C19 and c1880; C20 renovations. MATERIALS: Local red breccia rubble with modern pointing; asbestos slate roof, gabled at left end, peaked over right end tower; stacks with rendered shafts. PLAN: Main block has a single-depth, 3-room plan, although the position of the original cross passage is uncertain. A rear door survives to right of centre; the front door, to left of centre, is another possible position, with evidence for the position of a former stair opposite. 2 rear right lateral stacks, left end stack. Rear left heated wing at right-angles with an end stack. The house was thoroughly altered in the C19, the pitch of the roof changed and the first floor height raised. In c1880 the right-hand end of the house was raised to a 3-storey tower, typical of the late Italianate Torquay villas, but preserving the stump of the rear right-hand lateral stack. EXTERIOR: 2-storey main block, 3-storey tower. Asymmetrical 4:3-window front. The main block, to the left, has deep eaves. Late C20 lean-to porch with slated roof to left of centre. 6-panel door, the upper panels glazed, the lower panels fielded but with later panels applied on top. 4 ground and 3 first-floor plastic windows with diamond-leaded panes. Conservatory with plastic windows added to left end projects to the front. The 3-storey tower, to the right, has deep eaves on curved brackets. 2 plastic windows on the ground floor. The narrow first and 2nd floor windows are original. 3 first-floor square-headed one over one-pane horned sashes; 3 similar 2nd-floor round-headed windows. The right return of the tower preserves its original 2nd-floor round-headed sash windows. Windows on other elevations are late C20 plastic replacements. The rear elevation includes a boarded door under a pent roof with an adjacent pump. INTERIOR: Preserves a plank and muntin oak screen partition to the centre room from the left-hand room. Fireplace to centre room lateral stack with C20 chimney-piece, old fireplace behind discovered during renovations had no original lintel but bread oven opening preserved. Line of earlier, steeper, gabled roof noticed during renovations when the plaster was removed from the left gable end. HISTORY: Research by the owner in the PRO indicated a date of 1567 for the building. In c1919 it was bought by the Singer family and the estate was sold off in lots which were later developed.

Listing NGR: SX8811762127

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