Description

TEIGNMOUTH

SX9472 DEN CRESCENT
25-1/7/137 (West side)
03/06/49 Nos.1-5 (Consecutive)
and attached railings
(Formerly Listed as:
DEN CRESCENT
Nos.1-5
British Legion Club (No.1), Carlton
Hotel (Nos.3 and 4))

GV II

Terrace of 5 houses, some now hotels. 1825, part of a planned
layout by Andrew Patey of Exeter. Painted stucco; freestone
parapet coping, continious cornice, 1st-floor band, impost
band to the ground floor and sills; vermiculated voussoirs and
mask keystones to the doorcases, possibly Coade stone; slate
roofs with rendered stacks to gable ends and party walls.
Double-depth plans with 3-storey rear stair lobbies and
single-storey extensions.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with attics and basements; each house is
3-window range. Segmental-arched 2-light dormers except to Nos
3 and 4 which are large C20. Mostly 6/6-pane sash windows to
the 1st and 2nd floors, some with horns, recessed panels with
6/9-pane sashes to the ground floor which have semicircular
arches and radial glazing bars. The entrances to the end
houses are in the returns, semicircular-arched doorcases to
the central houses have panelled soffits, decorative fanlights
and 6-panel doors, with fanlights to inner doors of Nos 2 and
3. 6/6-pane sash windows to the basements and planked doors
with 3-pane overlights. No.1 to the right has 2/2-pane sashes
to the 2nd floor, 4/4-pane sashes to the 1st floor and
plate-glass sashes to the ground floor.
INTERIORS: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Nos 2 and 5 have square-section area
railings with cast-iron flambeau heads also flanking the steps
to the doors.
This terrace forms part of an overall planned layout by Patey,
forming a crescent facing the sea.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Cherry B: Devon:
London: 1989-: 799).

Listing NGR: SX9417872856

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26682911

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)