Description

TORQUAY

SX9163 BRADDONS HILL ROAD WEST 885-1/17/50 (North side) 10/01/75 Belvedere House Hotel and Braddons Hill House (Formerly Listed as: BRADDONS HILL ROAD WEST Braddon's Hill House and Belvedere House)

GV II

Villa, divided into a house and hotel. c1830s with later alterations. Roughcast with stuccoed dressings; slate roof, hipped at ends of Braddons Hill House, gabled at end of Belvedere Hotel block; stacks with rendered shafts with bands at top. Italianate style. PLAN: T-plan. Braddons Hill House faces west, the hotel forms a wing at right-angles to the east. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and secondary attic to the hotel; 3 storeys to the house. 1:4 bay south elevation, the single bay the end of Braddons Hill House. Bays divided by giant pilasters with an entablature. Projecting cornice and parapet to 4 right-hand bays; slate hung attic storey above. The left-hand bay has a moulded cornice above the entablature. The second storey has paired pilasters to left and right. Ground and first- floor 12-pane sashes except first-floor right which is blocked. Left-hand bay has ground and first-floor tripartite small-pane sashes; 3rd floor 12-pane horned sash to second floor. The right return has the entrance to the hotel. Round-headed doorway to the left with pilasters, pedimented hood, panelled soffit. Panelled door with a fanlight that once incorporated an integral light. 3 first and 2 ground-floor 12-pane sashes. Other elevations not seen. INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest. HISTORY: One of the earlier Torquay villas.

Listing NGR: SX9183163711

External Links

• Wikidata Q26581267

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