107 AND 109, WINNER STREET

107 and 109 Winner Street are two shops with accommodation above, dating from around 1850. They are constructed from local red breccia, with a stuccoed and blocked out finish, and feature a slate roof that is gabled at both ends, with end stacks that have brick shafts.

The building is three storeys high and has a five-window front. It has deep eaves supported by moulded consoles, and a moulded string course below. The ground floor on the left side has a 20th-century window and door leading to a restaurant. On the right side, there is a shopfront from the 1890s, which includes pilasters with sunk panels and large corbelled brackets on either side of the fascia, which still has some fittings for a shop blind. This side also features a two-pane high-transomed shop window, a recessed four-panel door with an overlight leading to the accommodation on the left, and a recessed half-glazed shop door with a deep overlight on the right.

The first and second floors each have five 12-pane hornless sash windows from the 19th century, complete with Venetian shutters. The ground floors have been modernized, and access to the first floors was not possible at the time of the survey, but they may still contain interesting features.

Historically, Winner Street was the main medieval thoroughfare in Paignton, named after the bishops' vineyard. This building is included for its group value.