Cary Castle

Heritage listing

Details 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 Legacy The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System number: 390547 Legacy System: LBS

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.