1, PALK STREET (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1975. Library, office. 2 related planning applications.
1, PALK STREET (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- high-railing-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torbay
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1975
- Type
- Library, office
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TORQUAY
SX9163 VAUGHAN PARADE 885-1/17/295 (West side) 10/01/75 No.2
GV II
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
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