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
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 May 1975
- Type
- Public building
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
PLYMOUTH
SX4753 HOE ROAD, Hoe 740-1/66/275 (North side) 01/05/75 Belvedere (Formerly Listed as: THE HOE, Plymouth Belvidere)
GV II
Large summer house or belvedere in public park, erected on the site of former bull ring. 1891 date flanking central royal coat of arms; the structure incorporates C17 granite Tuscan columns from the old Market (see also Drake's Place, North Hill qv). Mostly stuccoed with stucco detail. Terraced building on 3 levels each with an open colonnaded front, each colonnade with an entablature with triglyphs and a dentilled cornice and surmounted by a turned balustrade. The lower level is 4:1:4 bays, the central bay broken forward and with date panel flanked by pilasters. The next level has a cavetto semicircular-on-plan 1:6:1-bay front with canted ends; the top level has similar but less curved and canted front of 1:5:1 bays plus solid end bays, and with a flagpole above the central bay. There are 2 cast-iron lamp standards above the lower level at left and right. One of many fine buildings in this park. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-: 665).
Listing NGR: SX4758553824
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