Trosbie Cottage, Including Front Garden Wall And Gate Piers

BRIXHAM

SX9155 MILTON STREET, Higher Brixham 1946-1/6/124 (South East side) 10/01/75 No.18 Trosbie Cottage, including front garden wall and gate piers

GV II

House; formerly converted into service-wing of Norton House (qv). Probably C17 or earlier, superficially remodelled in early C19. Solid roughcast walls. Slated roof. Rendered chimney on left end wall. Another on rear wall to right. 2 storeys. 3 windows wide. Centre doorway with late C20 glazed wood porch. Ground storey has 2 wood casement windows of 3 lights, that to left with 2 panes per light, that to right with 4 panes per light. Upper-storey windows have 2-light wood casements: 6 panes per light with Gothic-glazed transom-lights. Left side wall has 3-paned wood casement in ground storey; 2-light wood casement with 2 panes per light in upper storey. INTERIOR not inspected. Described in 1975 list as "altered but retains central passage, some ceiling beams. Roof trusses remain but later purlins and collars removed." Subsidiary features: front garden wall of stone rubble with flat stone coping. Latter is ramped up in centre to a pair of square stone rubble gate piers with flat stone caps. At left-hand end it ramps up to another gate pier with flat stone cap, although this pier does not project beyond the wall-face. The left pier rises higher and has no cap. Both piers have been repaired in red brick.

Listing NGR: SX9196055061