Shorton Manor

Heritage listing

Details PAIGNTON 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. W

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.