Description

BRIXHAM

SX9255 BOLTON STREET, Lower Brixham
1946-1/7/132 (East side)
10/01/75 Nos.62 AND 64
including front area-railings

II

Mirrored pair of houses. Probably mid-C19. Solid rendered
walls with traces of ashlar markings. Hipped slated roof.
Rendered chimney on each gable-end. 3 storeys. Symmetrical
3-window front, the middle windows blind. Paired, round-arched
doorways in centre; 6-panelled doors; panelled reveals;
fanlights with diagonally-set, intersecting bars; semicircular
hoodmoulds. Above them an ogee-shaped canopy. Windows have
late C20 plastic frames; those at No.64 have plain hoods on
moulded brackets, probably a late addition. Moulded band just
below sills in second storey. Deep, flat eaves-cornice,
extending round both side walls. Subsidiary features: in front
of the houses is a raised terrace with an iron railing having
spearhead uprights, each alternate upright being half-size and
secured by a middle horizontal rail. In front of the terrace
between the 2 pairs of steps is a round-arched recess designed
for a shared shoe scraper.

Listing NGR: SX9243455752

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26581170

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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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)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)