Description

BRIXHAM

SX9155 HORSEPOOL STREET, Higher Brixham 1946-1/6/111 (West side) 10/01/75 Nos.8-16 (Even)

GV II

Terrace of 5 houses. Early and mid C19, possibly incorporating earlier buildings. Solid rendered and roughcast walls. Slated roofs; pitches and shapes vary considerably. Large rendered chimney on ridge at Nos 8 & 10. Small painted stone rubble chimney on ridge between Nos 14 & 16. Small rendered chimney on right end wall at No.16. Two large rendered chimneys at rear, 1 on a rear wing. No.8 double-fronted, the rest single-fronted. 1 house with rear wing. 2 storeys; garrets at Nos 12-16. No.8 is 2 windows wide with doorway between the ground-storey windows. Nos 10-16 are 1 window wide, Nos 10 & 12 with doorway to right, Nos 14 & 16 with doorway to left. No.8 has late C20 plank door; worn doorstep of Devonian limestone. Canted bay window with top entablature to left of ground storey. 2-paned box-framed sashes throughout, each sash with a single horizontal glazing-bar. No.10 has late C20 six-panelled door: 2 old worn steps of Devonian limestone in front of it; shoe scraper attached. To left, canted bay window with 3 pairs of 6-paned sashes; upper storey has sash window with 4 over 8 panes. Nos 12-16 have matching small-paned, box-framed sash-windows: 8 over 12 panes in ground storey, 8 over 8 panes above. No.12 has C19 six-panelled door with original letterbox and attached handle. Late C20 six-panelled door at No.14; three Devonian limestone steps in front of it. No.16 has late C20 glazed wood door with 4 Devonian limestone steps. Gabled dormer at each of Nos 12-16; Nos 12 & 16 have 2-light wood casements, each light of 2 panes, plain wood casement at No.14.

Listing NGR: SX9197155145

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)