Torbay Council

Listed building outline: Beacon Terrace, Royal Marina Court 390500

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Beacon Terrace, Royal Marina Court 390500

• geometry: MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.524276 50.458302,-3.524180 50.458425,-3.524163...
• entry-date: 1952-11-20
• listed-building: 1206732
• name: Beacon Terrace, Royal Marina Court
• notes: Pair of terraced houses, undergoing conversion to flats at time of survey. c1830s by Jacob Harvey. Plastered; slate mansard roof; stacks with rendered shafts and platbands. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and attic 3:3-window front with front doors to left. Platbands below second-floor sill. Deep projecting eaves cornice with blocking course. Description only approximate as some detail concealed or not in situ during conversion. Right-hand house has square-headed doorway, 2 ground-floor windows probably 12-pane sashes. 6 over 9-pane first floor sashes (balconies in situ), 12-pane second floor sashes; C20 small pane sashes in mansard roof. The left-hand house is similar but has a good corner bay. Round-headed doorway of the Southernhay, Exeter type with a reeded moulding, vermiculated rustication and a key block with a carved or cast head. Greek key moulding across doorway and below fanlight which is a particularly pretty design in lead with a central roundel with star motifs. C20 two-leaf small-pane door. First-floor 6 over 9-pane sash with a C20 balcony; 12-pane second floor sash. INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest HISTORY: Part of the same terrace as Nos 2-8 Beacon Hill, (qv). Ellis reproduces an 1839 drawing of the terrace before alterations. (Ellis CA: An Historical Survey of Torquay, 2nd edition: 1930-: P.337). Listing NGR: SX9189563172
• reference: 390500
• start-date: 1952-11-20