Description

BRIXHAM

SX9256SE MIDDLE STREET, Lower Brixham
1946-1/11/180 (North West side)
10/01/75 No.74

GV II

House with shop. Probably C17, refronted early C19;
timber-framed cladding added early C20. Rendered timber-framed
front; solid side walls, partly at least of stone rubble.
Slated roof with gabled hip at front; pierced crested
ridge-tiles. Large rendered chimney on right side wall. One
room wide and originally probably one room deep, although a
small rear room appears to have been partitioned off on each
of on each of the upper floors. Small stair projection,
probably a later addition, to left. Late C20 rear wing. 3
storeys. 1 window wide. Ground storey has small-paned shop
front, probably early C20. Inside it the butt-ends of the side
walls are visible, suggesting either that the upper storeys
were jettied or, more probably, that the whole front was
carried forward in early C19. Upper storeys have patterned
timber-framing with projecting pegs. Triple-sashed window
(without horns) in each storey; 6 over 6 panes in middle
sashes, 2 over 2 panes in outer ones. Eaves-cornice with tiny
imitation machicolations carried round left side wall. Small
section of right side wall that is exposed has round-arched
sash window in each upper storey. Staircase to left has
2-light wood casement window with 2 panes per light.
INTERIOR: ground storey has early C19 open cupboard at front
of right side wall; curved head and curved shelves.
First-floor room has wide fireplace with plain wood lintel. 2
steeply-pitched original roof-trusses with collars pegged to
their faces; gouged carpenter's marks; through-purlins;
notched apexes without provision for a ridge. Remains of
former bakeoven at rear.

Listing NGR: SX9251256245

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26512545

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version