A sprawling water-side home with 4,600 sq ft of accommodation on the English Riviera

(Image credit: Jackson-Stops)

published 20 July 2021

A talking point in itself, Park Hill House’s Modernist, starkly white exterior stretches over five floors, allowing for 4,600sq ft of accommodation, all connected by a lift. The sprawling property is currently on the market via Jackson-Stops for offers in excess of £1.5 million.

On a private, elevated spot a little way back from Torquay harbour, it has been beautifully maintained as a holiday let since it was built in 2009.

There are five bedrooms (or six, depending on how you configure the place) and the views over palm-fringed Tor Bay from almost every room and various balconies are jaw-dropping. The aspect to be had from the top floor, entirely occupied by the sitting room, is of particular note.

Landscaped gardens are dotted about on different levels with sitting areas and a pergola; a striking glass sun room runs the full width of the property and there’s also a cinema/games room.

Park Hill House is currently on the market with Jackson- Stops for offers in excess of £1.5 million— see more pictures, or enquire with the agent for further details.

Torquay: What you need to know

Location: Torquay is a seaside town on the southwest Devon coast, located in between Plymouth and Exeter. The nearest train station is within the town, which offers Great Western rail services and links to London.

Atmosphere: Torquay is a popular town, nicknamed the 'English Riviera' thanks to its beautiful beaches, such as Babbacombe and Oddicombe, which makes it popular with visitors. Torquay harbour is home to a marina and numerous shops, cafes and restaurants and was also the birth place and home of Agatha Christie.

Things to do: If stretches of beautiful coastline, beaches, sailing and water sports aren't your thing, then head to Torre Abbey — a monastery founded in 1196, which is home to beautiful gardens and art galleries. There are also a number of independent and chain shops and restaurants within the town.

Schools: Warberry C of E Academy and Cockington Primary School are local primary options, with The Spires College for secondary.

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Annunciata grew up in the wilds of Lancashire and now lives in Hampshire with a husband, two daughters and an awful pug called Parsley. She’s been floating round the Country Life office for more than a decade, her work winning the Property Magazine of the Year Award in 2022 (Property Press Awards). Before that, she had a two-year stint writing ‘all kinds of fiction’ for The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, worked in internal comms for Country Life’s publisher (which has had many names in recent years but was then called IPC Media), and spent another year researching for a historical biographer, whose then primary focus was Graham Greene and John Henry Newman and whose filing system was a collection of wardrobes and chests of drawers filled with torn scraps of paper. During this time, she regularly gave tours of 17th-century Milton Manor, Oxfordshire, which may or may not have been designed by Inigo Jones, and co-founded a literary, art and music festival, at which Johnny Flynn headlined. When not writing and editing for Country Life, Annunciata is also a director of TIN MAN ART, a contemporary art gallery founded in 2021 by her husband, James Elwes.

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