Belvedere is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 May 1975. Public building. 6 related planning applications.
Belvedere
- WRENN ID
- winter-moat-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Plymouth
- Constituency
- Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP: Luke Pollard (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 May 1975
- Type
- Public building
- Address
- Belvedere, Hoe Road, City of Plymouth, PL1 2PA
- OS grid reference
- SX 475 538
- Coordinates
- 50.36452, -4.14437
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Belvedere is a large summer house or belvedere located in a public park in Plymouth, built in 1891 on the site of a former bull ring. The structure features 17th century granite Tuscan columns from the old Market, and is mostly finished in stucco with decorative stucco details. It is a terraced building with three levels, each having an open colonnaded front. Each colonnade includes an entablature with triglyphs and a dentilled cornice, topped with a turned balustrade.
The lower level consists of four bays, with the central bay projecting forward and displaying a date panel flanked by pilasters. The next level has a semicircular front with canted ends, arranged in a 1:6:1 bay configuration. The top level has a similar but less curved front with a 1:5:1 bay arrangement, including solid end bays and a flagpole above the central bay. Additionally, there are two cast-iron lamp standards positioned at the left and right of the lower level. Belvedere is one of many notable buildings in this park.
Local climate
Belvedere sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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