Coastguard Station is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1975. Coastguard station. 2 related planning applications.
Coastguard Station
- WRENN ID
- waning-tower-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torbay
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1975
- Type
- Coastguard station
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BRIXHAM
SX9256SE KING STREET, Lower Brixham 1946-1/11/176 (North West side) 10/01/75 Coastguard Station (Formerly Listed as: BRIXHAM HARBOUR Coastguard Station)
GV II
Head coastguard station for Brixham. Early C19; restored, altered internally, and extended 1982-4. Stone rubble, partly rendered. Slated roof, hipped towards the harbour. Rendered chimneys with plain stepped caps. L-shaped, with 1982-4 addition in the angle of the L. South-west range formerly had boathouse in basement. 2 storeys with basement where ground falls away towards the harbour. South-west front 4 windows wide. Segmental-headed windows in ground storey, with doorway at right-hand end. Flat-headed windows in upper storey, alternating with canted bay windows that are coved on the underside. The other windows have flat eared architraves with a projecting block on each jamb. Boxed eaves-cornice. Gable-end facing harbour is similar. Wide segmental-arched doorway with plain architrave in basement. Bay window in storey above; 2 flat-headed windows in top storey. Rear range similar in style but without bay windows. Small-paned sashes throughout the building; all seem to have been renewed in 1982-4. INTERIOR almost entirely altered in 1982-4. One mid C19 round-arched iron fireplace with hob grate survives on upper floor.
Listing NGR: SX9274056316
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