Numbers 5, 7 (Beams Cottage) And 9

SX9255 1946-1/7/73 10/01/75

BRIXHAM BURTON STREET, Higher Brixham (North side) Nos.5, 7 AND 9, Beams Cottage (No.7) (Formerly Listed as: BURTON STREET, Higher Brixham Nos.5, 7 AND 9)

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Row of 3 cottages lying at right-angles to the street. Nos 5 & 7 probably C17 or earlier, remodelled early/mid C19; No.9 added or rebuilt at same period. Solid rendered walls. Slated roofs; No.9 hipped to Burton Street. Large, old rendered chimney on right gable of No.5; a later one at rear. Part-rendered, part-stone rubble chimney on right gable of No.9; rendered chimney on left side wall. 2 storeys, No.9 with basement. Nos 5 & 7 are a mirrored pair, 4 windows wide, with adjacent doorways in the centre. Door at No.5 is C19; 2 flush panels below, 1 large glazed panel above. Late C19 canopy with shaped brackets, extending over both doors. Windows have C20 wood casements, except that the ground-storey window at No.7 has a canted bay, slightly recessed within an earlier opening. Deep, flat eaves-cornice. No.9 has 2-window front to Burton Street with a blank space to right where symmetry would demand a third window. Doorway set in slight centre projection with flat, deep eaves-cornice breaking forward round it. Round-arched window above doorway has 2-paned sashes. Windows to left have C20 wood frames. 2 similar windows in side wall to right.

Listing NGR: SX9239555565