Description

BRIXHAM

SX9255 BURTON STREET, Higher Brixham
1946-1/7/76 (North West side)
18/10/49 No.31
Burton Court including front terrace
railing

II

Large detached house, now flats. Early C19. Solid rendered
walls. Hipped slated roof. Rendered chimney on each side wall.
Double-fronted and double-depth plan, with short flanking
wings. Main block 3 storeys; wings 2 storeys. 3-window centre
with 1-window wings. Round-arched centre doorway approached by
a flight of steps; half-glazed double-doors with coloured
margin-panes; patterned fanlight; deep porch on slender fluted
columns. Windows have 6-paned sashes in box-frames. Deep, flat
eaves-cornice, that over the main block with paired brackets.
INTERIOR not inspected. 1975 list description mentions 'open
string staircase to centre of house, renewed on ground floor,
lit by tall round-headed window in rear wall'. Subsidiary
features: raised front terrace with an iron railing having
lily-heads to the uprights and standards, the latter moulded
and enriched.

Listing NGR: SX9227355525

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585792

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)