Schoolroom South West of the Furrough Cross United Reformed Church
SCHOOLROOM SOUTH WEST OF THE FURROUGH CROSS UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, BABBACOMBE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1209869
- Date first listed:
- 03-May-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Schoolroom South West of the Furrough Cross United Reformed Church
- Statutory Address:
- SCHOOLROOM SOUTH WEST OF THE FURROUGH CROSS UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, BABBACOMBE ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1209869
- Date first listed:
- 03-May-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Schoolroom South West of the Furrough Cross United Reformed Church
- Statutory Address 1:
- SCHOOLROOM SOUTH WEST OF THE FURROUGH CROSS UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, BABBACOMBE ROAD
- Statutory Address 2:
- SCHOOLROOM SOUTH WEST OF THE FURROUGH CROSS UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, LINDRIDGE ROAD
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- SCHOOLROOM SOUTH WEST OF THE FURROUGH CROSS UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, BABBACOMBE ROAD
- Statutory Address:
- SCHOOLROOM SOUTH WEST OF THE FURROUGH CROSS UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, LINDRIDGE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Torbay (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 92186 65609
Details
TORQUAY
SX9265 LINDRIDGE ROAD, St Marychurch 885-1/12/438 (East side) Schoolroom south-west of the Furrough Cross United Reformed Church
GV II
Schoolroom. 1853 (Pevsner). Local grey limestone rubble; slate roof; stacks with paired, rendered gable and shafts with arched gap between. PLAN: 3-bay schoolroom, at right-angles. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Set-back buttresses. Entrance elevation facing north west. Shallow central gabled porch with a 3-centred arched doorway with moulded dripstone with carved terminals with a C20 recessed front door. Above the porch a shallow projecting shouldered stack pierced by a 1-light window. Long sides with tall triple windows with transoms and trefoil-headed lights; south-west side rendered. On the north-east side the basement level has a blocked doorway with a segmental-headed brick arch, a doorway to right of centre and a window with a similar brick arch. INTERIOR: Not inspected. Included for group value with the Furrough Cross United Reformed Church, Babbacombe Road, (qv). (The Buildings of England: Cherry B: Devon: London: 1989-: P.852).
Listing NGR: SX9218665609
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 390663
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Devon, (1989), 852
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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