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Hatley St George 390657

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entry-date: 1975-01-10
listed-building: 1209844
name: Hatley St George
notes: Large villa. 1846, built by Harvey (Ellis) (unclear which of the younger Harveys this refers to). Plastered; slate roof; stacks with rendered shafts. PLAN: Double-depth rectangular plan, south-facing with an entrance on the left (west) return into a passage from which the stair rises. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Access at time of survey unobtainable: following description quoted from 1975.: Flat eaves on paired shaped brackets. Frieze bed mould. The entrance front to west side, is of 3 bays with slight centre break the eaves carried up over in shallow gable. 3 windows in architrave surrounds, round-headed to centre of 1st floor with impost break and keystone. Venetian shutters. Ground-floor right-hand window has dentil pediment on carved shaped brackets. Large central porch with Doric piers and fluted columns in antis. Panelled door with side lights and rectangular fanlight. The south garden front has flanking pilaster strips. Central canted 3-window projection, with roof hipped over, flanked by single window bays. On first floor recessed glazing bar sashes, moulded sills on consoles and Venetain shutters. Ground floor windows carried down to plinth with panelled architrave surrounds and long shaped console brackets to dentil pediments - that over centre windows of canted projection being segmental. East elevation has 4 windows, articulated by pilaster strips. Alternate triangular and segmental pediments to ground-floor windows, that to right reset in front of later canted bay. INTERIOR: Retains original mouldings, cornices etc Top-lit staircase with oval skylight. Open string stairs, slender turned balusters, swept rail and fluted columnar newels. Stucco decoration to soffit of stairs. A rare example of an unaltered early Torquay villa. HISTORY: called after an occupant, St George, who lived here 1852-1916, at which date he renamed it Bedford House (Ellis). (Ellis CA: An Historical Survey of Torquay, 2nd edition: 1930-: P.285). Listing NGR: SX9298863362
reference: 390657
start-date: 1975-01-10
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