Oakwood and Bathwick Tower

Heritage listing

Details BATHWICK HILL (South side) Oakwood and Bathwick Tower (Formerly known as Samllcombe Grove and Smallcombe Villa) 11/02/85 GV II* Formerly known as: Smallcombe Grove Formerly known as: Smallcombe Villa A large detached villa set in landscaped grounds, built in circa 1814, aggrandised in circa 1833 by Edward Davis, and altered in circa 1879 by Gill & Browne and again in circa 1896 by JM Brydon. MATERIALS: The house is built in stone ashlar with slate roofs. PLAN: An irregular hillside composition comprising a square block with a broad terrace on its south and west side, and a long range (the former service wing and coach house) to the north along the road with square tower behind. EXTERIOR: The north elevation, with the main entrances, abuts the pavement and is set to a broad terrace on its south and west fronts; there is a square tower towards the east (higher) end. It has two storeys with basement, and its windows are very varied, mainly casements, but some sash. The road elevation is in two parts, divided by the main entrance porch to Oakwood. The major range, to the left, is double depth with low pitched roof to simple eaves above a large plain and smaller margin light sash, above a small plain sash between a plank door, far left, and a wide pair of panelled doors with sidelights under a large radial fanlight (now the main entrance to the apartments in Bathwick Tower), the sidelights taken to an opening wider than the arch above. This part has an eaves stack to the front, and the return to the left has a pair of small arched lights above a triple sash to the first gable. The square tower with low pyramidal roof lies immediately behind the centre of this range, sandwiched by the later range. Continuing to the right, in the same plane, is a two storey section wit

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.