Description

TORQUAY

SX9064 EAST STREET
885-1/13/89 (South side)
Nos.29 AND 31
The Railway Inn

II

Public house. c1860s. Stuccoed; slate roof; stacks with
rendered shafts. Italianate style.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and cellar. Principal 3-bay elevation to
East Street divided by pilasters, rusticated on the ground
floor; first-floor platband. 4 first-floor 4-pane sashes with
horizontal glazing bars and plain eared architraves. 2
round-headed doorways in centre bay with pilasters, moulded
architraves, key blocks and plain fanlights. Tripartite sash
to the right-hand bay with a plain architrave. High transomed
2-light bar window to the left with a floating cornice on
slender moulded brackets; glass etched with 'The Railway
Hotel'. Entrance bay to left in canted corner in a similar
style. Round-headed doorway with pilasters, moulded architrave
and key block; first-floor 4-pane sash window with horizontal
glazing bars. Canted corner to right has round-headed
ground-floor window with pilasters, moulded architrave and key
block, first-floor sash to match others. The other elevations
are plainer but retain original windows.
INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest.

Listing NGR: SX9090264485

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503691

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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