1, Montpellier Terrace

TORQUAY

SX9163 MONTPELLIER TERRACE 885-1/17/184 (North East side) 10/01/75 No.1

GV II

Villa in use as offices. c1820s said to have been raised by one storey in the mid-C19. Plastered; stack with rendered shaft; roof concealed behind parapet. EXTERIOR: 2 and 3 storeys. 3-storey corner block, rear wing reducing to 2 storeys at the north-east end. Dentil cornice below low parapet; first-floor platband; moulded cornice to second floor said to have been previous eaves cornice. All windows with moulded architraves glazed with 12- and 16-pane sashes. Asymmetrical 4-bay elevation to St John's Place, built into the slope of the land, which rises to the left. Right-hand bay broken forward with round-headed doorway with pilasters; moulded architrave and vermiculated keyblock. Door with timber spider's web fanlight over. One ground-floor window to the left. Segmental-headed archway on moulded brackets to the left, leading into passage. 3 first-floor 12-pane horned sashes, 3 second floor small-pane C19 sashes; blocked or blind window to the second floor right. The one-bay elevation to Montpellier Terrace has a ground-floor round-headed window with a moulded architrave and pilasters, first and second floor windows match those on the other elevation, all glazed with 12-pane sashes. INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest. On a prominent corner site between St John's Place and Montpellier Terrace.

Listing NGR: SX9185863694