22 And 23, St Peter'S Hill

BRIXHAM

SX9256SE ST PETER'S HILL, Lower Brixham 1946-1/11/212 (South West side) Nos.22 AND 23

GV II

Pair of houses in a single range. Believed to date from c1850. Solid rendered walls; left side wall of painted stone rubble. Hipped slated roof. Rendered chimney on ridge above party-wall. Double-depth plan; No.22 one room wide, No.23 two rooms wide with centre entrance passage leading to rear staircase. 3 storeys. 2 and 3 windows wide respectively. Round-arched doorways with patterned fanlights; 6-panelled doors, the bottom panels at No.23 flush; No.23 has old iron knocker in the form of a ring. Barred sash windows throughout; 6 over 6 panes in ground and second storeys, 3 over 6 panes in third storey. Deep, flat eaves-cornice. INTERIORS: No.23 partly inspected. This has a highly unusual geometric wood staircase rising the full height of the house in a tight spiral; thin square balusters, treads with moulded nosings. House also has panelled shutters and doors; moulded cornice in entrance passage and enriched brackets to arch leading to staircase.

Listing NGR: SX9258456095