Trosbie Cottage, Including Front Garden Wall and Gate Piers
TROSBIE COTTAGE, INCLUDING FRONT GARDEN WALL AND GATE PIERS, 18, MILTON STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1195136
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1975
- List Entry Name:
- Trosbie Cottage, Including Front Garden Wall and Gate Piers
- Statutory Address:
- TROSBIE COTTAGE, INCLUDING FRONT GARDEN WALL AND GATE PIERS, 18, MILTON STREET
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- Date:
- 2001-06-28
- Reference:
- IOE01/04730/09
- Rights:
- © Mr Dennis Coote. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1195136
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1975
- List Entry Name:
- Trosbie Cottage, Including Front Garden Wall and Gate Piers
- Statutory Address 1:
- TROSBIE COTTAGE, INCLUDING FRONT GARDEN WALL AND GATE PIERS, 18, MILTON STREET
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.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- TROSBIE COTTAGE, INCLUDING FRONT GARDEN WALL AND GATE PIERS, 18, MILTON STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Torbay (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Brixham
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 91960 55061
Details
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
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 383666
- 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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