Church Park Cottages

CHURCH PARK COTTAGES, 1-6, BRIXHAM ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1146576
Date first listed:
21-May-1985
List Entry Name:
Church Park Cottages
Statutory Address:
CHURCH PARK COTTAGES, 1-6, BRIXHAM ROAD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1146576
Date first listed:
21-May-1985
List Entry Name:
Church Park Cottages
Statutory Address 1:
CHURCH PARK COTTAGES, 1-6, BRIXHAM ROAD

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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Corrections and minor amendments

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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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
CHURCH PARK COTTAGES, 1-6, BRIXHAM ROAD

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

County:
Devon
District:
South Hams (District Authority)
Parish:
Kingswear
National Grid Reference:
SX 88687 51338

Details

SX 8851 KINGSWEAR BRIXHAM ROAD

15/148 Nos 1 to 6 Church Park Cottages -

- II

Terrace of six cottages, formerly coastguard cottages. Dated 1866. Stone rubble with white painted brick dressings and dressed stone quoins. End walls slate hung. Steeply pitched slate roof with gabled ends and six gables to front over first floor windows. Two storeys. Symmetrical six window range. Casement windows with glazing bars, first floor two-lights, ground floor three lights. No 3's ground floor glazing bars missing. No 5's ground floor window replaced. Painted brick flat arches and jambs to window openings. Four projecting gabled porches, to paired doorways of centre two houses and single doorways of end houses. Three sided brick arch doorways with chamfered jambs and small panels above with house numbers. Boarded inner doors with ornate iron hinges. Red brick ridge chimney stacks. Quoin on left hand corner inscribed Church Park Cottages 1866. Built as coastguard cottages,and reputedly to combat tobacco smuggling on Waterhead Creek opposite.

Listing NGR: SX8868751338

Legacy

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Legacy System number:
100566
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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