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Post Office the Post House

A Grade II Listed Building in Brixham, Torbay

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.3862 / 50°23'10"N

Longitude: -3.5195 / 3°31'10"W

OS Eastings: 292072

OS Northings: 55138

OS Grid: SX920551

Mapcode National: GBR QX.81CR

Mapcode Global: FRA 38J0.ST0

Plus Code: 9C2R9FPJ+F6

Entry Name: Post Office the Post House

Listing Date: 10 January 1975

Last Amended: 18 October 1993

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1292504

English Heritage Legacy ID: 383602

ID on this website: 101292504

Location: Higher Brixham, Torbay, Devon, TQ5

County: Torbay

Civil Parish: Brixham

Built-Up Area: Brixham

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Brixham St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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Description



BRIXHAM

SX9255 DREW STREET, Higher Brixham
1946-1/7/100 (East side)
10/01/75 Nos.94A AND 94B
Post Office and The Post House
(Formerly Listed as:
DREW STREET, Higher Brixham
(South East side)
No.94
Post Office)

GV II

House, now sub-divided into house and post office. C17 or
earlier, remodelled early C19. Solid roughcast walls.
Shallow-pitched, hipped slate roof. 2 large rendered chimneys
with tapered caps on rear wall. 2 storeys. 3 windows wide.
Blocked doorway with early C19 flat wooden hood on shaped
brackets, in centre of ground storey; now occupied by a plain
wood-framed window with an opening light at right-hand end and
a 2-panel transom-light over. To right a late C19/early C20
shop front with flanking pilasters and cornice, the latter
supported at each end by paired brackets; 3-panel display
window canted on left towards a recessed shop door. Other
windows have plain box-framed sashes with horns. INTERIOR not
inspected but likely to be of interest. The building occupies
an important position immediately NW of the church of St Mary
the Virgin (qv).


Listing NGR: SX9207255138

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