Nos 82 And 84 Including Rear Courtyard Walls

A pair of houses, Nos. 82 and 84, including a shop in No. 84, was likely constructed in the 1830s, though earlier elements may survive at the rear. The houses are built of stuccoed and blocked-out facades, with gabled slate roofs. No. 84 has an axial stack with rendered shafts and old terracotta pots, while the rear courtyard walls are of local red breccia.

No. 84 features a single-fronted, double-depth main block with a doorway to the right leading to the stair, along with a heated, rear, left-hand service wing set at a right angle. No. 82 is a double-fronted house with a central doorway and a rear-right lean-to.

The front has three bays to No. 82 and two bays to the left, with deep eaves supported by paired brackets. No. 84 has steps leading to a round-headed doorway with a moulded architrave, containing a recessed six-panel door and plain overlight. A late 19th or early 20th century shopfront is located to the left, featuring pilasters with sunk panels and projecting brackets above the fascia. The shop door is concealed behind a safety door, with a three-light shop window to the right, divided by cast-iron twist-moulded columns with moulded bases and capitals. The upper floors have 12-pane hornless sash windows with Venetian shutters. The rear elevation includes a tall six-over-six-pane stair sash window and 12-pane sashes, one of which has been replaced with a small-pane casement; the service wing has a hipped roof.

No. 82’s central doorway is defined by a round-headed moulded doorcase with a keyblock and deeply incised Greek key ornament on the reveals, leading to a six-panel door with glazed upper panels and a plain overlight. The ground-floor windows are 16-pane hornless sashes, while the first and second floors have 12-pane sashes. The rear elevation of No. 82 retains early 19th-century glazing, including a central nine-over-nine-pane stair sash and 12-pane sashes.

The interior was not inspected, but likely contains features of interest. Each house has a rear courtyard enclosed by walls of local red breccia. Winner Street was the main medieval thoroughfare of Paignton and was named after the bishops' vineyard.