Description

TORQUAY

SX9163 MONTPELLIER TERRACE
885-1/17/184 (North East side)
10/01/75 No.1

GV II

Villa in use as offices. c1820s said to have been raised by
one storey in the mid-C19. Plastered; stack with rendered
shaft; roof concealed behind parapet.
EXTERIOR: 2 and 3 storeys. 3-storey corner block, rear wing
reducing to 2 storeys at the north-east end. Dentil cornice
below low parapet; first-floor platband; moulded cornice to
second floor said to have been previous eaves cornice. All
windows with moulded architraves glazed with 12- and 16-pane
sashes.
Asymmetrical 4-bay elevation to St John's Place, built into
the slope of the land, which rises to the left. Right-hand bay
broken forward with round-headed doorway with pilasters;
moulded architrave and vermiculated keyblock. Door with timber
spider's web fanlight over. One ground-floor window to the
left. Segmental-headed archway on moulded brackets to the
left, leading into passage. 3 first-floor 12-pane horned
sashes, 3 second floor small-pane C19 sashes; blocked or blind
window to the second floor right.
The one-bay elevation to Montpellier Terrace has a
ground-floor round-headed window with a moulded architrave and
pilasters, first and second floor windows match those on the
other elevation, all glazed with 12-pane sashes.
INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest.
On a prominent corner site between St John's Place and
Montpellier Terrace.

Listing NGR: SX9185863694

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26502012

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)