Halden Pier, Torquay Harbour is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1994. Pier. 3 related planning applications.

Halden Pier, Torquay Harbour

WRENN ID: winding-joist-foxglove
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Torbay
Country: England
Date first listed: 3 May 1994
Type: Pier
Source: Historic England listing

Description

TORQUAY

SX9063 (South side) 885-1/17/483 Halden Pier, Torquay Harbour

GV II

Pier. 1867. Engineer JP Margery, contractor, James Mountstephen, patron, Sir Lawrence Palk. Local grey limestone rubble "a good deal of the material found by the lowering of Beacon Hill" (Russell). An outer pier or breakwater, about 300m long, giving the old harbour extra protection and creating a large, outer harbour. Built at a cost of nearly »70,000. An important component of the C19 harbour at Torquay. (Percy Russell: A History of Torquay: Torquay: 1960-: 140).

Listing NGR: SX9169863046

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