St Vincent'S House

TORQUAY

SX9263 MEADFOOT ROAD 885-1/18/165 (North side) 10/01/75 St Vincent's House (Formerly Listed as: MEADFOOT ROAD St Vincent)

GV II

Villa, later developed as an hotel, now divided into flats. c1830. Stuccoed and blocked out; slate roof; stacks with rendered shafts with sunk panels and corbelled cornices on moulded corbels, some original tapering pots. PLAN: Rectangular double-depth main block, entrance on the east side with a service block to the north-east. EXTERIOR: 2 and 3 storeys. Asymmetrical 5-window 2-storey entrance front. Deep eaves; eaves band. Shallow projecting stacks to left and right. Fine projecting open porch with paired, fluted Ionic columns supporting an entablature with a modillion frieze below the cornice. Parapet to porch with sections of fine cast-iron balustrade with palmette and anthemion decoration. Windows are 12-pane sashes except 9 over 12-pane stair window with margin panes and a stained glass border. Left return 3-bay with eaves band and pilaster strips: 12-pane first-floor sashes and 18-pane ground floor sashes. West elevation in a similar style with a 2-storey canted bay. INTERIOR: Retains some original detail including Greek motifs and plasterwork. HISTORY: Joseph Marchetti ran the Queen's Hotel until c1833 when he moved here (then called Apsley House) and ran it as a private hotel. In 1845 Queen Adelaide and suite stayed and in 1854 Marie Amelia, ex-queen of the French and her suite. (Ellis). (Ellis CA: An Historical Survey of Torquay, 2nd edition: 1930-: P.354).

Listing NGR: SX9227563460