Description

BRIXHAM

SX9255 DREW STREET, Higher Brixham
1946-1/7/103 (South East side)
10/01/75 Nos.100-106 (Even)

GV II

Pair of houses, or possibly even a single large house, now
sub-divided into houses and shops. Early C18 with late C19 or
early C20 shop fronts. Solid rendered walls. Hipped slated
roof. Large rendered chimney in centre of rear wall. Smaller
rendered chimney at left end of rear wall. Red-brick chimneys
on right roof slope and rear wing. L-shaped, with long rear
wing to right. 2 storeys with garret. 6 windows wide.
Segmental-headed windows (2 in ground storey, 6 above); those
at Nos 100 & 102 have 8-paned sashes; those at outer ends of
Nos 104 & 106 have triple sashes with 6 panes in the centre
and 2 in the side-lights, while that in the centre has 6-paned
sashes with margin-panes. No.100 has a simple shop front with
fascia above and recessed door to right; latter is half-glazed
with 2 unusual ribbed panels below. A moulded strip, extending
on to the soffit of the doorway, separates it from the
entrance to No.102; this has a 6-panelled door with letterbox,
the 2 bottom panels having the same ribbed pattern as No.100;
narrow 3-paned fanlight above; matching panelled reveal to
right and soffit above. Nos 104 & 106 have shop front
incorporating house door to left. Latter is 6-panelled with
wreath knocker. Shop front has pair of display windows canted
in centre towards a recessed, three-quarter glazed door, the
latter with moulded panel below and shaped glazed panel above.
To left of house door a panelled pilaster having above it a
gabled block on paired brackets, this forming the terminal of
an entablature running across the display window. At each end
of the front and in the centre a pilaster carrying a
round-arched panel; the end pilasters have had their lower
parts removed. Coved eaves-cornice. 2 late C20 flat-topped
dormers at Nos 100 & 102. Two early C20 gabled dormers at Nos
104 & 106. Two smaller gabled dormers on roof-hip to right.

Listing NGR: SX9205855112

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26504791

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)