Belgrave House

PAIGNTON

SX8860 WINNER STREET 1947-1/5/123 (East side) 10/01/75 No.2 Belgrave House (Formerly Listed as: TOTNES ROAD Belgrave House)

GV II

House, in use as language school. c1850. Rendered; slate roof, hipped at ends; stacks with rendered shafts. PLAN: Sited on the end of Winner Street, facing up the Totnes Road. Double-depth rectanglar plan, 2-rooms-wide. No.4 Winner Street (qv) and Nos 38-42 (even) Totnes Road (qv) may originally have been part of the building. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay front, the centre bay slightly broken forward. Deep eaves on paired moulded brackets. Left and right pilaster strips, eaves band; platbands at first and 2nd-floor sill level. Projecting central porch with stout, square-section piers with plinths; plain sunk panels and moulded capitals supporting probably C20 parapet. Left and right returns of porch have segmental-headed arches. Steps up to 6-panel C19 front door with plain overlight and glazed panels to left and right. Ground floor and outer first-floor windows glazed with 2 over 2-pane sashes with horizontal glazing bars. Centre first floor French window with glazing bars in recessed rendered frame. Second floor window right probably original 3 over 6-pane sash, left-hand window with original embrasure reglazed as casement. Pair of small round-headed windows one over 2-pane sash windows in the centre. INTERIOR: Not inspected but may retain features of interest. HISTORY: Winner Street was the principal medieval throughfare in Paignton, named after the bishops' vineyard.

Listing NGR: SX8846760479