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SX9163
885-1/17/34

TORQUAY
BEACON HILL (North East side)
Nos. 2-8 (consecutive) Beacon Terrace

(Formerly Listed as: BEACON TERRACE Nos.1-8 (Consecutive))

20/11/52

GV
II*
Formerly known as: Nos.1-7 BEACON TERRACE.
Terrace of seven houses. 1833 by Jacob Harvey. Plastered; slate roofs; stacks with rendered shafts and plain bands; some old chimneypots.

PLAN: sited stepping up the hill and overlooking the harbour. Double-depth plans with front doors to the right.

EXTERIOR: three storeys and attic. Each house has a three-bay front. Alternating designs. Type A, Nos 2, 4, 6 and 8 with low parapets, platbands at second-floor sill level; cast-iron first-floor balconies, originally with tent roofs. Type B (3, 5 and 7) with similar platbands interrupted by giant pilasters with incised key decoration, incised capitals and plain entablature to the first and second floors. Round-headed doorways, originally similar to the Southernhay, Exeter type, with panelled reveals, moulded architraves with vermiculated rustication and key blocks with carved or cast heads (some doorways altered). Some retain very pretty lead fanlights with star motifs around central roundel. Ground floor windows originally twelve-pane sashes, mostly reglazed, some retaining sunblind fascias. First floor windows six over nine-pane sashes; second floor windows twelve-pane sashes; attic dormers. Cast-iron balconies (Nos 6 and 8 replaced) with anthemia and palmettes. No.2 has a flat-roofed addition to the left. Nos 3 and 4 have gas lamps attached.

INTERIOR: not inspected but may retain features of interest.

HISTORY: An 1839 view of Beacon Hill (Ellis, p.337) shows the terrace before alterations. A fine terrace of its date and a good example of the urbane designs of Jacob Harvey, who was responsible for the best early C19 housing in Torquay.

Listing NGR: SX9189163180

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17550087

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)