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HER Number:MDV22999
Name:19 and 20 Courtenay Park Road, Newton Abbot.

Summary

Pair of mid 19th century semi-detached houses in picturesque Tudor style. Part of the Courtenay Park development laid out in 1854.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 865 711
Map Sheet:SX87SE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishNewton Abbot
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishWOLBOROUGH

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX87SE/190
  • Old Listed Building Ref (II)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • HOUSE (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Department of Environment, 1983, Newton Abbot, 6 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV298253.

Nos 19 and 20 Courtenay Park Road. Mid 19th century pair. Three storeys stuccoed. Slate roof. Two central gables. Four mullioned and transomed casements. Three light canted bays to ground floor. No 20 has a good Victorian wood and glazed conservatory with trefoil decoration.


Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.


English Heritage, 2012, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV348729.

19 and 20 Courtenay Park Road. Semi-detached pair of houses. Mid 19th century. Painted stucco with a continuous slate roof and rendered stacks (with original octagonal pots to left) to gable ends and party wall. STYLE: Picturesque Tudor. PLAN: double-depth, with rear additions. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attics; symmetrical 4-window range to the pair, with projecting gabled centre bays making 1:2:1 fenestration. Plain 20th century bargeboards; plinth; single-light windows to the attics; cross-windows to the first floor; French windows and canted bays to the ground floor. Four forward-facing gables; those to the centre are stepped well forward with single-storey hipped-roofed canted bays with full-height plate-glass windows of slightly different dimensions, that to No.16 has a cast-iron pendant frieze. The smaller outer gables are over slightly projecting oriels which are corbelled out to the first floor. No.16 has French windows below, No.17 has a later 19th century glazed conservatory with trefoil-headed panes filling the angle. The doors are in the angles against the stepped-forward ranges. INTERIOR: not inspected. Part of the Courtenay Park development, laid out in 1854. More modest use of stucco enrichment than others in Courtenay Park but boldly articulated with the gabled outer oriels. Date listed: 26th March 1975.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV298253List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest: Department of Environment. 1983. Newton Abbot. Historic Houses Register. A4 Spiral Bound. 6.
SDV348725Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2012. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital).
SDV348729National Heritage List for England: English Heritage. 2012. National Heritage List for England. Website.

Associated Monuments

MDV23000Related to: 21 and 22 Courtenay Park Road, Newton Abbot (Building)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:May 25 2012 12:03PM