Nos 39 to 51 and Attached Walls and Railings
NOS 39 TO 51 AND ATTACHED WALLS AND RAILINGS, 39-51, MEADFOOT LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1206803
- Date first listed:
- 03-May-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Nos 39 to 51 and Attached Walls and Railings
- Statutory Address:
- NOS 39 TO 51 AND ATTACHED WALLS AND RAILINGS, 39-51, MEADFOOT LANE
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- Date:
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1206803
- Date first listed:
- 03-May-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Nos 39 to 51 and Attached Walls and Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- NOS 39 TO 51 AND ATTACHED WALLS AND RAILINGS, 39-51, MEADFOOT LANE
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:
- NOS 39 TO 51 AND ATTACHED WALLS AND RAILINGS, 39-51, MEADFOOT LANE
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 92172 63304
Details
TORQUAY
SX9263 MEADFOOT LANE 885-1/18/158 (South side) Nos.39-51 (Odd) and attached walls and railings
GV II
Terrace of 7 houses. c1865-1875. probably designed by JW Rowell. Snecked local grey limestone rubble with painted dressings; slate roof with gables and half hips; stacks with stone shafts with platbands and multiple pots. PLAN: Each house has a single-depth main range with a small rear projection and a rear wing, enclosing a small rear service yard. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Cusped bargeboards on moulded brackets. Each house has a 2-window front, except the end houses. Centre house set back and gabled to the front. Flanking houses (Nos 47 and 43) half-hipped to the front, Nos 49 and 41 with pairs of gabled dormers to the front. Nos 51 and 39 gabled to the front with entrances and set back blocks on the outer return. All houses except the end houses have crank-arched chamfered doorways to the left, original doors are vertically-boarded with crank-headed fanlights cut into them. Ground-floor window right is a 3-light high transomed casement with painted dressings; 2 similarly-glazed first floor windows. Nos 45, 51 and 39 have a 1-light attic window in the gable. No.39 has a conservatory across the front with trefoil-leaded lights. Front gardens enclosed by rubble walls with iron railings. INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest.
Listing NGR: SX9217263304
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 390692
- 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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