Description

BRIXHAM

SX9056 CHURSTON ROAD, Churston Ferrers 1946-1/5/65 (West side) 10/01/75 Myrtle Cottage

GV II

Cottage. Mid C19; possibly earlier. Solid roughcast walls. Slated roofs, the rear one hipped. Roughcast chimney on each end wall. 2 rooms wide and 2 rooms deep with centre through-passage, the front and back ranges of different builds and levels. Between passage and left front room a winding staircase with a small larder in front of it. Behind the left side of house a cobbled, walled courtyard with former Churston Estate laundry along left side. 2 storeys; laundry single-storeyed. 3 windows wide with centre doorway. Latter has chamfered stone surround; original door with 2 long upper panels (now glazed) and knocker, later board nailed over lower part. Windows have small-paned wood casements; 2 lights with 6 panes per light in ground storey, 3 lights with 10 panes per light in upper storey. Small-paned window in right side wall. Rear wall has small-paned wood casements and old plank door. Laundry has similar casements and half-glazed doors; ridge-tiles with ventilators. INTERIOR: ground-floor front rooms have plain dados with moulded rail and skirting. Leading from passage into lobby between stair and larder is a segmental-arched doorway with moulded architrave. Larder has above its door a grille with thin square wooden balusters. At top of stair is a guard-rail with similar balusters. First-floor right front room has panelled cupboards with L-hinges. Several rooms have 2-panelled doors with 1-fillet ovolo-moulded doors. Roofs not inspected. Myrtle Cottage appears to be shown on the Churston Ferrers tithe map of 1839.

Listing NGR: SX9028756121

External Links

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)