Description

BRIXHAM

SX9255 DOCTORS ROAD, Higher Brixham 1946-1/7/82 (West side) 10/01/75 Eveleigh House

GV II

Detached house, now flats. Early C19. Solid rendered walls. Hipped pantiled roof. Rendered chimney on middle of right side of roof. 2 small chimneys on left side wall. Double-fronted and at least 2 rooms deep. 2 storeys. Picturesque Gothic style. Symmetrical 3-window front, with central doorway. All openings have pointed, incurving arches. Half-glazed C20 door; fanlight with intersecting glazing bars following the curve of the arch. Windows have 2-light wood casements (French window in ground storey) with small-paned glazing and margin-panes; 4 panes per light in ground storey, 3 above; transom-lights matching fanlight of front door. Upper-storey windows have slatted external shutters with tops curved to match the arches. Deep flat eaves-cornice, continued round all 4 sides of building. Similar window, but with flat head and no transom-light, in ground storey of right side wall. Rear wall (fronting Eveleigh Close) has 5 flat-headed windows with 6-paned sashes. Left side wall altered, with several lean-to projections, including a weatherboarded closet in upper storey. Of a type associated with the Gillard family in Brixham; Mr Gillard built the villas for himself and his daughters, the other examples being Burton Villa, Burton Street, and Norton House and Aylmer on Milton Street (qv).

Listing NGR: SX9230255454

External Links

• Wikidata Q26489776

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)