Vane Towers Villa Lugano
VANE TOWERS, VANEHILL ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1291576
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1975
- List Entry Name:
- Vane Towers Villa Lugano
- Statutory Address:
- VANE TOWERS, VANEHILL ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1291576
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1975
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 03-May-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Vane Towers Villa Lugano
- Statutory Address 1:
- VANE TOWERS, VANEHILL ROAD
- Statutory Address 2:
- VILLA LUGANO, VANEHILL ROAD
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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:
- VANE TOWERS, VANEHILL ROAD
- Statutory Address:
- VILLA LUGANO, VANEHILL 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 92071 63233
Details
TORQUAY
SX9263 VANEHILL ROAD 885-1/18/294 (South East side) 10/01/75 Vane Towers and Villa Lugano (Formerly Listed as: VANE HILL ROAD Vane Towers, Little Maderia and Villa Lugano)
GV II
Villa, divided into three. c1870. Snecked local grey limestone; Roman tile roof; stacks with elaborate brick shafts with corbelled cornices and round-headed flue dividers. PLAN: Irregular plan with main pedestrian entrance on the NW side and tower at eastern corner. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic with 3-stage tower. Asymmetrical 4-window front (one to the tower to the right). Very deep eaves with moulded rafter ends. Polychromatic banding of relief tiles and stone; windows with elaborate architraves, some with keyblocks and tiled lintels. Projecting porch in centre of main block with gable treated as a pediment above a projecting cornice. Round-headed doorway with corner pilasters, an inner order of moulded tiles and a panelled front door with fanlight. Front elevation recessed above porch with a one-light window. Windows mostly glazed with high-transomed mullioned windows with square leaded panes: unfortunate window replacement to second-floor right. The tower, set back to the right, has a hipped slate roof with eaves brackets. Tower windows round-headed and arranged as pairs or singles. Other elevations continue the elaborate polychromatic Italianate style. INTERIOR: Partially inspected. One of the principal rooms retains an elaborate inglenook; other features of interest may survive. This building is prominent from many points in Torquay. It is said to have been built for the first American Ambassador to England,
Listing NGR: SX9207163233
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 390875
- 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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