Nos 69 And 71 Milton Street And No 1 Summer Lane And Garden Wall To Right

This property comprises three houses, originally a single dwelling, located on Milton Street and Summer Lane in Brixham. The core of the building dates back to the 17th century or earlier, although it has undergone several alterations and additions, including a rear wing. The walls are of roughcast construction, with the upper storey of No.1 Summer Lane facing Milton Street clad in slate. A section of the Summer Lane side wall is of painted stone rubble. The roof is slate-covered and features large rendered chimneys, one with a tapered cap on the rear wall of No.1 Summer Lane, a modern rendered chimney on the front roof slope of No.69, and a smaller rendered chimney on the left end wall of No.71.

The long range facing Milton Street was originally disguised by an early 18th-century refacing of No.1 Summer Lane. A long rear wing extends to the right. The building is two storeys high, with the left-hand end of No.71 raised to three storeys in the 19th century. The front has an irregular six-window arrangement. The front doors to Nos 69 and 71 are of plank construction, the former fitted in the late 20th century, and the latter dating to the 19th century; both doors are divided horizontally and feature a combined iron knocker and letterbox. No.71 has a slated pent-roofed hood over its door. The ground floor windows of the Milton Street frontage of No.1 Summer Lane are wood casements with two panes per light, with two lights in the central window and three lights in the flanking windows. The upper storey of No.1 Summer Lane features two flush-framed sash windows with eight panes per sash, the slatehanging sweeping outwards at the bottom over an early 18th-century moulded cornice. Windows at No.69, and the left-hand upper-storey window of No.71, are two-light wood casements with six panes per light. A small, small-paned wood window is located on the left side of No.71.

The interior was not inspected, but a previous listing description noted that the roof structures retain remnants of original timbers, although they have been largely reconstructed in the 19th century, with some ceiling beams and partition studs remaining.

A tall stone rubble garden wall stands to the right of the Milton Street frontage of No.1 Summer Lane, extending round the Summer Lane frontage and possessing considerable townscape value. The wall features a blocked doorway with a segmental arch of well-cut stones. On the Summer Lane side, the street name "SUMMER LANE" is displayed in blue and white glazed tiles.