Former Falcon Public House
Former Falcon Public House, 31, Abbey Road, Torquay, TQ2 5NQ
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1202956
- Date first listed:
- 03-May-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Former Falcon Public House
- Statutory Address:
- Former Falcon Public House, 31, Abbey Road, Torquay, TQ2 5NQ
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- Date:
- 2001-06-30
- Reference:
- IOE01/06271/08
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1202956
- Date first listed:
- 03-May-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Former Falcon Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- Former Falcon Public House, 31, Abbey Road, Torquay, TQ2 5NQ
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Former Falcon Public House, 31, Abbey Road, Torquay, TQ2 5NQ
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Torbay (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 91588 63978
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 27 March 2024 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards
SX9163
885-1/17/12
TORQUAY
ABBEY ROAD (north side)
No. 31, Former Falcon Public House
(Formerly listed as No. 31, The Falcon Public House)
GV
II
Public house. Late 1850s/early 1860s. Plastered; steeply-pitched slate roof; left-end stack with brick shaft and old pots; cast-iron downpipe.
PLAN: double-depth plan, one room wide with entrance into passage to right.
EXTERIOR: two storeys. Asymmetrical two window front. Stout Doric porch with entablature to right; six-panel front door. Large segmental-headed window to bar on left with a moulded architrave, glazed with a two-pane sash. Two first floor two-pane hornless sashes. A statue of a falcon on a plinth projects through the roof on the front.
INTERIOR: not inspected but may retain features of interest.
Listing NGR: SX9158863978
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 390453
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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