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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26580512

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (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)