Description

BRIXHAM

SX9256SW HIGHER STREET, Lower Brixham 1946-1/10/160 (North side) 10/01/75 Nos.56 AND 58 Chandlers Cottage (No.56) (Formerly Listed as: HIGHER STREET (North side) Nos.56-62 (Even))

GV II

Mirrored pair of houses. Early/mid C19. Solid rendered walls, No.56 marked to imitate ashlar. Slated roof. Rendered chimney on right side wall. 3 storeys. Ground and second storeys have a window at each end of front with paired doorways in centre. Third storey of No.58 has 2 windows; No.56 has a single window to right, as if that to left had been blocked. Doorways have a common flat hood on 3 shaped wooden brackets. 6-panelled door at No.56, the 2 bottom panels flush. No.58 has a mid-C19 shop window in ground storey: 6 large panes with moulded frame and mullions. Other 3 ground- and second-storey windows segmental-headed. Second-storey window at No.58 has C20 wood casements and transom-lights. Other window, including those in third storey, have 2-paned sashes in box-frames; all have a single horizontal glazing-bar. Deep flat eaves-cornice.

Listing NGR: SX9248256243

External Links

• Wikidata Q26580408

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  For the Record