Beech Trees — Torquay Road

Detached three-bay single-storey house with half-dormer attic, extant 1908, on a cruciform plan centred on single-bay full-height gabled projecting breakfront; single-bay (single-bay deep) full-height central return (west). Pitched slate roof on a cruciform plan centred on pitched (gabled) slate roof (breakfront), terracotta ridge tiles, roughcast (south) or red brick English Garden Wall bond (north) chimney stacks having stringcourses below capping supporting terracotta or yellow terracotta tapered pots, timber bargeboards to gables, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on slightly overhanging timber boarded eaves retaining cast-iron downpipes. Tuck pointed "Opus Incertum" granite walls (ground floor) on red brick header bond cushion course on plinth with red brick flush quoins to corners supporting red brick header bond stringcourse; roughcast surface finish (half-dormer attic) with "timber frame" surface finish to gables. Square-headed central door opening with red brick block-and-start surrounds framing timber panelled door. Square-headed window openings in shallow camber-headed recesses (ground floor) with red brick header bond chamfered sills, and red brick block-and-start surrounds framing casement windows having square glazing bars. Square-headed window openings (half-dormer attic) with shallow sills on consoles, and timber surrounds framing casement windows having square glazing bars. Set in landscaped grounds.