Sea Breaze Cafe

SEA BREAZE CAFE

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1107947
Date first listed:
25-Mar-1991
List Entry Name:
Sea Breaze Cafe
Statutory Address:
SEA BREAZE CAFE
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1107947
Date first listed:
25-Mar-1991
List Entry Name:
Sea Breaze Cafe
Statutory Address 1:
SEA BREAZE CAFE

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:
SEA BREAZE CAFE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Devon
District:
South Hams (District Authority)
Parish:
Stokenham
National Grid Reference:
SX8232742045

Details

SX84SW
8/227

STOKENHAM
TORCROSS
Sea Breaze Cafe

II

House and restaurant, formerly pair of cottages. Circa late C17 or early
C18, extended in late C18 or early C19 and again in C19 and C20. Roughcast
stone rubble. Thatched roof with hipped ends. Rendered axial stack with
yellow clay louvred pots.
Plan: The original 2-room plan (now 1 large room) cottage at the centre has
a central entrance, the right hand room heated from a gable end (now
axial) stack with an oven, the left hand room was probably originally
unheated. In circa late C18 or early C19 a large 1-room plan extension,
possibly a separate cottage was built at the right hand east end facing the
sea and is heated from an axial stack backing onto the gable end stack of
the original cottage. Later in the C19 a wing was added at right angles at
the left hand west end probably as a separate cottage, its roof was raised
in C20. In C20 an outshut was built behind, north of the original cottage.
Exterior: 2 storeys, long asymmetrical 5-window north front C19 and C20 2-
light casements with glazing bars, 2 are horizontally sliding sashes.
Doorway to left of centre with C20 glazed door. Gable end of late C19 wing
on left, right hand end has higher eaves. Right hand east return facing sea
has symmetrical 2-window front, C19 2-light horizontally sliding sashes with
glazing bars on ground floor and C20 2-light casements on first floor, all
with boarded shutters. Some horizontally sliding sashes at rear (north) and
small C19 fixed light window in west wall of east extension. C20 single
storey outshut at rear (north).
Interior: Original cottage at centre has large stone rubble fireplace with
reused timber lintel and stone over partitions removed and later exposed
joists. The right hand east extension has large fireplace with unchamfered
timber lintel. Roof over the original cottage has feet of straight
principal rafters exposed in the first floor rooms.

Listing NGR: SX8232742045

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
100011
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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