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This embrasured building is at N end of Paignton Sands in a private garden. [These may have been circular towers on the sea frontage of the Victorian-period Redcliffe Tower Hotel adapted for defensive purposes in 1940].
(Source: Field Visit 1996/04/13)
Type of site | DEFENDED BUILDING |
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Location | Hotel Villa Marina, Esplanade Road, Paignton. |
Area |
Paignton, Torbay, England |
Grid reference |
SX 8947 6120
(Scale: 1:1250
)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Concrete, Concrete Block, Stone |
Recorder | Jury, Richard |
Defence grouping |
Devon coast defences - Defences of the Devon coastal crust. |
Photographs |
(1) site view (DIGITISED). |
Adjacent sites | Loopholed wall nearby. |
DOB site reference: | S0006577 |
Associated Identifier | Devon SMR (ref: SX86SE/158) |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1996/04/13 |