Description

BRIXHAM

SX9255 DREW STREET, Higher Brixham
1946-1/7/91 (North West side)
10/01/75 No.57
The Skipper Public House
(Formerly Listed as:
DREW STREET, Higher Brixham
No.57
The Town Arms)

GV II

Public house. Probably C17 or C18, superficially remodelled in
C19. Solid rendered walls. Slated roof, hipped to right.
Rendered chimney on each end wall. Late C19 red-brick chimney
on front roof slope. 2 storeys. 4 windows wide, the second
upper-storey window from the right blind. Ground storey has
round-arched doorway with panelled double doors, off-centre to
right. Flanking it are two C20 three-light mullioned and
transomed wood casement windows. The whole group is framed by
4 pilasters, 1 at each end and 2 flanking the doorway,
supporting an entablature; above each pilaster is a projecting
section of fluted frieze. At left-hand end is a cart entrance
with plank doors and slightly curved head. Upper-storey
windows have 6-paned sashes in box-frames. Blind window has a
moulded architrave. Small boxed eaves-cornice. INTERIOR not
inspected but likely to be of interest.

Listing NGR: SX9220055221

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585778

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990