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Listed building outline: Cary Estate Office 390740

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Cary Estate Office 390740

• geometry: MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.525474 50.461895,-3.525543 50.461910,-3.525605...
• entry-date: 1994-05-02
• listed-building: 1218094
• name: Cary Estate Office
• notes: Office of the Cary Estate. Probably 1859 when the building became the Devon and Cornwall Bank (Ellis, p.276). Became the Cary Estate Office in 1908. Rock-faced breccia, brought to course; polished pink granite, terracotta and Ham Hill dressings; slate roof, rounded at the north end with a fleche, gabled to south; stacks with brick shafts with cornices. Basically Italianate style with some Rococco detail. PLAN: On a prominent corner site facing north up Fleet Street with a rounded corner. EXTERIOR: Tall and narrow. 3 storeys and attic 5-bay rounded north end, 4 bays to each side. Bays divided by pilasters, rusticated to ground and first floors, panelled to second floor. Projecting cornice at first-floor level, platbands to second floor and below dentil eaves cornice. Large ground-floor windows with moulded architraves and rounded upper corners, C20 glazing with glazing bars. Other windows glazed with 2-pane sashes. First-floor windows with swan-necked pediments and moulded architraves; second-floor windows flanked by pilasters. Centre front bay has segmental pediment over first-floor window and pedimented dormer above eaves cornice. Flat-roofed single-storey bay to left of curved end has pilasters flanking on 2-tier plate glass window. Large round-headed doorway on east end in wider end bay with moulded architrave and keystone, paired windows above. Rear end wall stuccoed with first-floor access onto 3-bay single-storey flat-roofed block at south end. This has a pretty 1830s anthemia cast-iron balustrade. INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest. The Cary family, along with the Palk family, were responsible for the development of Torquay in the C19. (Ellis CA: An Historical Survey of Torquay, 2nd edition: 1930-: P.276). Listing NGR: SX9181363557
• reference: 390740
• start-date: 1994-05-02