Description

BRIXHAM

SX9256SE TEMPERANCE PLACE, Lower Brixham
1946-1/11/218 (West side)
10/01/75 Ye Olde Coffin House
(Formerly Listed as:
TEMPERANCE PLACE
Coffin House)

GV II

House with shop. Probably early C19, remodelled early C20.
Solid rendered walls, except for side wall to Temperance
Place, which is of painted stone rubble. Slated roof, hipped
towards King Street. Rendered chimneys on right side wall and
rear wall, the latter now with patches of red brick showing.
Double-depth plan. Wedge-shaped (hence its name) with the
narrow end fronting King Street. 4 storeys. 1 window wide to
King Street. The latter front, which is the show-face of the
building, has a late C20 bow window in ground storey.
2-storeyed early C20 canted bay window above with leaded
lights and imitiation timber-framing. 2-light wood casement
window in fourth storey. Right side wall has C20 wood
casements; 3-paned fixed sash in fourth storey. Left side wall
has late C20 door and bow windows; also 3 small older windows,
1 blocked, the other 2 with plain wood casements. Rear wall
has a single 4-paned wood casement. Front and sides of
building have a boxed gutter on shaped brackets, resembling an
eaves-cornice. A late C19 or very early C20 photograph of the
building is displayed in the shop window. It is titled YE OLDE
COFFIN HOUSE and has W.CROCKER SHAVING SALOON written on a
shop window with canted sides. Upper storeys have box-framed
sashes with glazing bars. The building is important for its
position at the junction of Temperance Place and King Street,
both of which contain considerable numbers of listed
buildings.

Listing NGR: SX9261956154

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585800

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Recommended Books

• 
  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
• 
  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)