Description

TORQUAY

SX9064 TOR VALE
885-1/13/270 (South East side)
10/01/75 Marina

GV II

Villa, in use as hotel. c1840s. Stuccoed and blocked out; deep
hipped slate roof; stacks with grouped, rendered octagonal
shafts with deep cornices. Some Gothick details.
PLAN: Deep rectangular plan to main block; rear left wing.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic with rear basement. Deep eaves.
Gabled projections have cusped, pierced bargeboards.
One-window entrance front, broken forward and gabled to the
front in the centre bay which is flanked by shallow projecting
chimney stacks. Central gabled porch with elaborate pierced
bargeboards; chamfered Tudor arched outer doorway; half-glazed
inner door. Chamfered windows: first-floor window glazed with
2-light, high-transomed casements with moulded frames and
mullions. Attic window with plain casement. Single-storey bay
to right castellated with similar window to first floor. Other
elevations in the same style with similar windows. Unfortunate
C20 first-floor balcony over basement on rear elevation.
INTERIOR: Not inspected but may contain features of interest.

Listing NGR: SX9092564828

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569192

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Recommended Books

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)