Town Hall

The Town Hall, located on a corner site at the junction of Fore Street and Manor Road in St Marychurch, Torquay, was built in 1883 by Bridgman. The building is constructed of snecked rock-faced local grey limestone with dressings of Ham Hill and ashlar limestone, and has natural slate roofs that are hipped, gabled, and mansard, with fish-scale slates to the entrance tower. The stacks have yellow brick shafts and corbelled caps.

The Town Hall is arranged with a circular entrance tower recessed into the angle between the two main blocks. The exterior features Ham Hill and limestone ashlar bands and moulded strings, with windows generally round-headed and featuring moulded stone arches. Ground floor windows are mostly 2-pane sashes, while second floor windows are transomed casements with stained glass above the transoms.

The asymmetrical front has five windows facing Fore Street, three facing the entrance tower, and four facing Manor Road. The three-stage entrance tower has a round-headed doorway with a plain fanlight and Ham Hill architrave, and contains an original door with horizontal panels. A stone balustraded balcony is positioned above the doorway, accessed via a round-headed French window flanked by smaller windows. The third stage of the tower has three round-headed windows flanked by Ham Hill pilasters, an entablature, corbelled eaves brackets, and a cornice to the pyramidal slate roof with sprocketed eaves. The Manor Road elevation is characterized by its 1:3 bay arrangement, with a gabled central bay and parapets to the flanking bays, all above deeply projecting cornices. The central first-floor window is a large stone-mullioned three-light window with three transoms, designed to light the main hall, flanked by round-headed windows, and surmounted by a large oculus. The left-hand bay of this elevation has a gabled parapet and one ground and one first-floor window. The Fore Street elevation is broken forward to the left and features a hipped roof and a mansard roof with attic dormers.

The interior was not inspected but is said to retain original features.