Description

BRIXHAM

SX9056 CHURSTON ROAD, Churston Ferrers
1946-1/5/65 (West side)
10/01/75 Myrtle Cottage

GV II

Cottage. Mid C19; possibly earlier. Solid roughcast walls.
Slated roofs, the rear one hipped. Roughcast chimney on each
end wall. 2 rooms wide and 2 rooms deep with centre
through-passage, the front and back ranges of different builds
and levels. Between passage and left front room a winding
staircase with a small larder in front of it. Behind the left
side of house a cobbled, walled courtyard with former Churston
Estate laundry along left side. 2 storeys; laundry
single-storeyed. 3 windows wide with centre doorway. Latter
has chamfered stone surround; original door with 2 long upper
panels (now glazed) and knocker, later board nailed over lower
part. Windows have small-paned wood casements; 2 lights with 6
panes per light in ground storey, 3 lights with 10 panes per
light in upper storey. Small-paned window in right side wall.
Rear wall has small-paned wood casements and old plank door.
Laundry has similar casements and half-glazed doors;
ridge-tiles with ventilators. INTERIOR: ground-floor front
rooms have plain dados with moulded rail and skirting. Leading
from passage into lobby between stair and larder is a
segmental-arched doorway with moulded architrave. Larder has
above its door a grille with thin square wooden balusters. At
top of stair is a guard-rail with similar balusters.
First-floor right front room has panelled cupboards with
L-hinges. Several rooms have 2-panelled doors with 1-fillet
ovolo-moulded doors. Roofs not inspected. Myrtle Cottage
appears to be shown on the Churston Ferrers tithe map of 1839.

Listing NGR: SX9028756121

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26489774

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)