No 1 and Attached Front Railings
NO 1 AND ATTACHED FRONT RAILINGS, 1, PARK HILL ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1280036
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1975
- List Entry Name:
- No 1 and Attached Front Railings
- Statutory Address:
- NO 1 AND ATTACHED FRONT RAILINGS, 1, PARK HILL ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1280036
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1975
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 03-May-1994
- List Entry Name:
- No 1 and Attached Front Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- NO 1 AND ATTACHED FRONT RAILINGS, 1, PARK HILL ROAD
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:
- NO 1 AND ATTACHED FRONT RAILINGS, 1, PARK HILL ROAD
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 92094 63490
Details
TORQUAY
SX9263 PARK HILL ROAD 885-1/18/203 (North West side) 10/01/75 No.1 and attached front railings (Formerly Listed as: PARKHILL ROAD (North West side) Nos.1-15 (Odd))
GV II
House and shop at end of terrace, house now used as offices. c1850s house. Shop probably added 1864 when Torwood Street was widened (Ellis, p.339), and the end house of the terrace demolished; C20 rear additions. Plastered; slate roof, half-hipped at right (north) end; stacks with rendered shafts and projecting cornices, front lateral stack with scrolled shouldered shaft. PLAN: End house in a terrace of 8 with a slightly bowed front. House double-depth, entered from Parkhill Road. Shop is a canted block added to the right (north) end, facing onto Torwood Street. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic 3-bay east front to Parkhill Road. Deep eaves on paired moulded brackets. Bays divided by pilaster strips; first-floor sill band; eaves band. 6-panel front door to left with deep overlight. First-floor windows left and centre reglazed in original embrasures; blind window to right. 2 reglazed ground-floor windows partly concealed by single-storey C20 flat roofed addition abutting front. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: railings to small area in front and bounding path with pronounced ogee finials. INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest. (Ellis CA: An Historical Survey of Torquay, 2nd edition: 1930-: P.339).
Listing NGR: SX9209463490
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 390741
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Ellis, A, A Historical Survey of Torquay, (1930), 339
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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