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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
Tagged with: Hotel
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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