Description

BRIXHAM

SX9154 MILTON STREET, Higher Brixham
1946-1/8/258 (North West side)
08/03/74 Milton House

GV II

House C17 or earlier, remodelled mid C19. Solid rendered
walls. Slated roof. Large rendered chimney with offsets
projecting from front wall to right of door. C19 chimney on
left end wall; another on front right corner. Probably
3-room-and-through-passage. 2 storeys. 4 windows wide. Doorway
with wooden porch having square fluted columns and entablature
with triangular pediment. 6-panelled door, the top 2 panels
now glazed. Windows have 2-light wood casements with 3 panes
per light. Those in upper storey rise through the eaves
cornice to form dormer gable; fish-scale slatehanging above
the windows, shaped bargeboards. Fixed to the left-hand end of
upper storey is a street sign in blue and white glazed tiles
reading MILTON STREET. Deep flat eaves-cornice. Right end wall
has in upper storey a wood casement matching those at the
front. On apex of gable a decorative scrolled weather-vane.
INTERIOR not inspected. 1975 list description says: 'interior
altered but retaining some ceiling beams. Roof renewed'.

Listing NGR: SX9128254549

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26512768

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)