Description

TORQUAY

SX9064 NEWTON ROAD
885-1/13/454 (South side)
10/01/75 Torre Railway Station including
bridge across the line

GV II

Station. 1848 for Brunel's South Devon Railway, enlarged 1882.
Timber-framed, clad with horizontal boarding imitating banded
rustication; low-pitched slate roof, hipped at ends; stacks
with brick shafts with corbelled cornices. Italianate style.
PLAN: Waiting rooms and offices in a building with canopies
over both forecourt and platform. Front to platform infilled
but canopy intact. Covered bridge across platform.
EXTERIOR: Single-storey. Forecourt elevation of original block
symmetrical 1:3:1-bay front, the end bays broken forward:
eaves carried over as canopy on large curved timber brackets
with pendants. Outer bays have Gibbs windows with pilaster
frames and keyblocks, glazed with plate-glass sashes. Simpler
triple window with round-headed lights in centre, flanked by
2-leaf panelled doors each with pilaster frames, overlight
above cornice on brackets. 3 bays to left and right are set
back and in a matching style. The entrance to the extreme
left.
On the platform side there is a deep 12-bay matchboarded
canopy with fretted fascia on cast-iron brackets, the
spandrels with stylized foliage; columns concealed by concrete
block infill.
Entrance to steps to bridge with fluted columns and decorated
spandrels. Bridge supported at higher end on groups of 4
columns with Egyptian decoration with iron lattice
balustrades, lead hipped canopy and timber finials.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.
HISTORY: The station was opened on 18 December 1848. The first
train decorated with evergreens and flags covered the 6 miles
between Newton and Torre in 13 minutes (Ellis).
(Ellis CA: An Historical Survey of Torquay, 2nd edition:
1930-: P.427-428).

Listing NGR: SX9035564847

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Torre railway station at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q2985310

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