Royal Hotel, Torquay (1860)
Rock & Company
| Repository | Library | Shelf |
|---|---|---|
| Devon | West Country Studies | sB/TOR 7/1876/ROC |
Illustration Reference
SC3099-1
Location
CD 47 DVD 7
Publication Details
Scope and Content
Carrington, N.T., and others. The Teignmouth, Dawlish, and Torquay guide. Teignmouth: E. Croydon, 1829. p. 96.The accommodation of the place has kept pace with its increasing prosperity. The new colony was commenced by Sir Lawrence Palk, Bart., according to a plan then suited to its infant state, before it was safe to embark in more extended speculation. The old houses are now pronounced too low and confined, and many of them are already raised and enlarged. The same observation applied to the hotel and other public buildings, which have been either built de novo, as the assembly rooms, or amplified, as is the case the ROYAL HOTEL, which is now one of the largest and best appointed in the country. It contains ten spacious sitting-rooms, one of which is thirty-five feet long, and twenty-one best sleeping-rooms. The situation and aspect of the hotel are excellent. Mr. Poulton, the proprietor, and Mr. Cole, of the Commercial Inn, maintain an abundant supply of post-horses, and have extensive ranges of stabling, and a variety of vehicles of all descriptions, for the use of the public.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Format
Steel l.engr vign
Dimensions
62x88mm
Note
Rock & Co. ; no. 1766. 26 Jul 1860. Reissue with variant title
Aspects
Exterior
Subjects
Dates
1860