Description

BRIXHAM

SX9154 MILTON STREET, Higher Brixham
1946-1/8/253 (North West side)
10/01/75 Nos.81-87 (Odd)
Old Beams (No.83) and Bakers Lodge
(No.87)

GV II

House, probably a former farmhouse, now subdivided. C17 or
earlier, probably with later additions. Solid rendered walls.
Slated roof of varying ridge heights; hipped to right. Large
rendered chimney with offsets on front wall of No.87; tapered
cap with added shaft, probably of brick, on top. To left,
partly concealed by gabled addition, another rendered chimney
with tapered cap, also heightened. To right, sitting on the
wall top, a third rendered chimney with tapered cap, also
heightened. Probably 3-room-and-cross-passage plan with
lengthened lower end to right. Added cross-wing in front of
left hand end. 2 storeys. 6 windows wide. No.81 has a 2-paned
sash window in each storey, set over to right; late C20
half-glazed wood door to left. No.83 has late C20 plastic door
to right, set in a partly-blocked wide opening. Plastic-framed
window in each storey. No.85 has a wide doorway with plank
door to left, apparently shared with No.87. Late C20
plastic-framed window in ground storey and 2 more in upper
storey. No.87 has box-framed sashes with one upright glazing
bar per sash (2 in the right-hand ground-storey window): one
window in each storey to right, one in each storey of
cross-wing. INTERIOR: not inspected. 1975 list description
says: 'No.87 retains through passage and original roof
structure in part with through purlins, collar to truss which
appears to be a raised cruck with crossed blades.'

Listing NGR: SX9156654774

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26585811

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)