Hearthstone And Hearthstone East Including Front Garden Wall And Gate Piers

BRIXHAM

SX9154 MILTON STREET, Higher Brixham 1946-1/8/243 (South East side) 18/10/49 Nos.40 AND 42 Hearthstone and Hearthstone East inc front garden wall and gate-piers

GV II

Formerly known as: Hearthstone MILTON STREET Higher Brixham. Farmhouse, now divided into 2 private dwellings. C17 or earlier. Rendered stone rubble, possible with some cob. Thatched roof. Large stone rubble chimneys on front wall and rear wing of Hearthstone; 2 more on ridge and left end wall of Hearthstone East. Position of front chimney and adjacent door suggests this is a 3-room-and-cross-passage house with large addition at lower (left) end. Rear wing to right. 2 storeys. 5 windows wide. Both houses have plank doors, probably C20. Two- and 3-light wood casement windows, some with old hinges; diamond-shaped leaded panes. Subsidiary features: in front of the houses a tall stone rubble wall, with square gate piers at Hearthstone East. Entrance to Hearthstone is under a round stone rubble arch, probably C20. 1975 list describes this as 'completely though sympathetically restored in 1930s'.

Listing NGR: SX9177254868