Description

SX4753 PLYMOUTH HOE ROAD, Plymouth Hoe

740-1/66/10005 Tinside Colonnade,
Promenade and Sun Terrace
including railings above

GV II

Supporting structure to above pavement and road (the surface of which not of special interest), including promenade and sun terrace. 1935, by J. Wibberley, Plymouth City architect and engineer; built by Nut tall and Sons, and John Mowlem and Company. Reinforced concrete construction. A long double-curved promenade with sun terraces below, and a cantilevered canopy above supporting the road [Hoe Road]. The road above the canopy is supported on a series of piers with cantilevers to the canopy soffit. The terrace, promenade and road have tubular stee.l and iron railings. On the back wall under the promenade canopy there is a moulded relief map of Plymouth and the surrounding areas. Known as the Tinside Colonnade, it was constructed as part of the Lido [listed 1998], which was the culmination of a protracted programme of improving the bathing facilities in Plymouth.

Listing NGR: SX4769153717

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26660283

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide