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Dist:0.1km<br/>Hermosa boasts an interesting array of chimneypots to go with the pineapples on its gateposts. The house is now divided into 8 flats plus a cottage.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.1km<br/>Viewed from junction of Babbacombe Road
©John Firth
Dist:0.1km<br/>Looking across to the Torquay Museum and the Living Waters church - see [[285884]].
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.1km<br/>The main road from Babbacombe down to Torquay harbour performs a double bend as it descends towards Torwood Gardens, beside a large retaining wall beneath Torwood Mount.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.2km<br/>Babbacombe Road heading towards Babbacome from Torquay Harbour and centre.
©Lewis Clarke
Dist:0.2km<br/>Attractively set within a valley which reaches the sea at Torquay harbour, the park is surrounded by C19 housing, including the villas shown. On the right rises Lincombe Hill.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.2km<br/>Another view of the pair of buildings shown in [[285884]]. Listed building descriptions at http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-390482-torquay-museum-torquay and http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-390481-torbay-christian-centre-elim-pentecostal .
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.2km<br/>This Victorian postbox is set into a wall by the Torwood Gardens Road/Stitchill Road crossroads. It is emptied finally at 5:45pm on weekdays and at 12:15pm on Saturdays.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.2km<br/>From http://www.torquaymuseum.org/ Torquay Museum is Devon’s oldest established Museum still operating. Founded in 1844 by the Torquay Natural History Society, which was renamed Torquay Museum Society in 2003, the Society celebrated its 160th birthday in 2004.The current Museum building was begun in 1874 and within two years the building was in use. The Museum has been extended and revamped many times in its history. In 1894 the Pengelly Lecture Hall was constructed and this is still used today when it plays host to both the popular lecture series and temporary exhibitions. In 2001 the museum secured a Heritage Lottery Grant which allowed some major structural work to be carried out including the introduction of a lift, full disabled access, the construction of a café, shop, and refurbishment of the entrance hall and galleries
©Paul Hutchinson
Dist:0.2km<br/>Originally built as a Presbyterian church in 1862. It then became a later Christian Scientist church, is now a youth club. "A striking design, prominently sited" http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-390848-former-church-of-st-andrew-torquay , facing Torwood Gardens.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.2km<br/>A gull perches above the "shouldered chamfered stone shaft" http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-390482-torquay-museum-torquay of a chimney on [[285884]], with the spire of the former Wesleyan Methodist church in the background.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.2km<br/>The Torquay Natural History Society was founded in 1844, and in 1845 opened Torquay Museum, the oldest museum in Devon.
©Lewis Clarke
Dist:0.2km<br/>Another view of [[18913]] looking up Babbacombe Road. This building is the fifth home of the collection of the Torquay Natural History Society and was built in 1874-6 by William Harvey. Cherry & Pevsner describe the facade as "handsome symmetrical 5-bay Ruskinian ... with Gothic upper windows". Next door is the former Wesleyan Methodist church, built just before the museum, and now the Living Waters church.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.2km<br/>A very interesting venue especially for local history
©William Ward
Dist:0.2km<br/>Torwood Gardens in Torquay looking towards St Andrew's Monastery.
©Lewis Clarke

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