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Listed building outline: 2, VAUGHAN PARADE, 1, PALK STREET 390877

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2, VAUGHAN PARADE, 1, PALK STREET 390877

• geometry: MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.525502 50.461666,-3.525567 50.461573,-3.525307...
• entry-date: 1975-01-10
• listed-building: 1291583
• name: 2, VAUGHAN PARADE, 1, PALK STREET
• notes: Includes: No.1 PALK STREET. Library, billiard and public rooms, now in use as offices. 1831 by Jacob Harvey, contemporary with the rest of Vaughan Parade. Plastered; gabled slate roof; stack with rendered shaft with plain band. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys. Symmetrical 5-bay front with giant engaged columns to first and second floor, springing from a platband with a plain parapet above. These columns were originally Ionic Each bay has a segmental-headed recess on the ground floor, filled with modern doors and windows. First-floor windows 6 over 9-pane sashes; second floor windows 3 over 6-pane sashes. Rear elevation has 2 original ground floor tripartite sashes and a door to the left. INTERIOR: Not inspected. HISTORY: Originally called Cole's Library, later known as the Public Rooms until 1846 when it was altered to a house for W.Kitson, a solicitor, and later included offices. 1840 illustration in Ellis (p.343) shows central round-headed doorwy with fanlight and small-pane round-headed windows on the ground floor. (Ellis CA: An Historical Survey of Torquay, 2nd edition: 1930-: P.343). Listing NGR: SX9182463531
• reference: 390877
• start-date: 1975-01-10