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Babbacombe Cliff Hotel

A Grade II Listed Building in St Marychurch, Torbay

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.4778 / 50°28'39"N

Longitude: -3.5117 / 3°30'42"W

OS Eastings: 292834

OS Northings: 65308

OS Grid: SX928653

Mapcode National: GBR QX.29CS

Mapcode Global: FRA 37JS.PQH

Plus Code: 9C2RFFHQ+48

Entry Name: Babbacombe Cliff Hotel

Listing Date: 14 February 1972

Last Amended: 3 May 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1279510

English Heritage Legacy ID: 390494

ID on this website: 101279510

Location: Babbacombe, Torbay, Devon, TQ1

County: Torbay

Electoral Ward/Division: St Marychurch

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Torquay

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Babbacombe All Saints

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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Description


TORQUAY

SX9265 BEACH ROAD, Babbacombe 885-1/12/314 (East side) 14/02/72 Babbacombe Cliff Hotel (Formerly Listed as: BEACH ROAD, Babbacombe Cliff House Hotel)

II

Formerly known as: Cliffside Cottage Hotel BEACH ROAD. House, in use as holiday flats. 1878 by WE Nesfield; extended c1920s, some unfortunate late C20 alterations. Snecked local grey limestone rubble with sanstone dressings, some slate-hanging; natural scantle slate roof; stacks with moulded brick shafts and caps. Art and Crafts style. PLAN: Overall L-plan: main block facing north over the sea, west wing at right-angles with a carriageway through it at the north end. c1920s extension at east end of main block. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic Earlier part of main block has 2-window front with a slate pentice at first-floor level and a moulded timber arched doorway. Single-storey addition to right. Canted slate-hung bay to left with a deep gable over with a 3-light attic window; 3-light window to right. The right return (front of the west wing) is slate-hung on the first floor with 2 gabled, 2-tier canted oriels to the left, the coving of the oriels pargetted, the windows glazed with ovolo-moulded mullioned windows with leaded panes, the first floor with transoms. Similar oriel to right, above the carriage. The right return of the wing has a first floor projecting timber look-out supported on deep timber brackets. INTERIOR: Includes an original stair; good tiling to the entrance lobby; pressed paper moulded ceiling in the first-floor room at the north end of the wing. (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1952-1989: P.862).

Listing NGR: SX9283465308

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