Fishmongers Shop (Former Market House) Tourist Information Centre
FISHMONGERS SHOP (FORMER MARKET HOUSE), THE STRAND
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1298290
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1975
- List Entry Name:
- Fishmongers Shop (Former Market House) Tourist Information Centre
- Statutory Address:
- FISHMONGERS SHOP (FORMER MARKET HOUSE), THE STRAND
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1298290
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1975
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 18-Oct-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Fishmongers Shop (Former Market House) Tourist Information Centre
- Statutory Address 1:
- FISHMONGERS SHOP (FORMER MARKET HOUSE), THE STRAND
- Statutory Address 2:
- TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE, THE STRAND
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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.
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:
- FISHMONGERS SHOP (FORMER MARKET HOUSE), THE STRAND
- Statutory Address:
- TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE, THE STRAND
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 92542 56256
Details
BRIXHAM
SX9256SE THE STRAND, Lower Brixham 1946-1/11/232 (North East side) 10/01/75 Tourist Information Centre and fishmonger's shop (former Market House) (Formerly Listed as: THE STRAND E Perrett and Son (Old Fishermen's Store))
GV II
Market house, now tourist information centre and fishmonger's shop. Believed to date from 1799. Painted stone rubble with brick door and window-arches. Slated roof. A long, freestanding building, oblong and one room deep, its north-west corner sharply splayed at the point where The Strand turns into The Quay. 2 storeys. 8 windows to the harbour, 6 to The Strand. Ground storey facing the harbour has 5 wide segmental-arched doorways to left, the 2 left-hand ones now converted to windows and the extreme left-hand one partly blocked. At right-hand end are 4 further openings: from left, a shop window (probably a later insertion), a plank door, a small loading-hatch with plank door on strap-hinges, a pair of plank doors with strap-hinges. The upper storey has 2 blocked windows to left and one at far right-hand end; 3 windows in centre, each with 3-light wood casement having 3 panes per light; 2 loading-hatches to right, each with double plank doors having strap-hinges. Front facing The Strand has 6 doorways, large and small, and a window in the ground storey; all have segmental arches and all are now boarded up. Upper-storey windows are also boarded up, except for the left-hand one, which matches those on the harbour side. South-east gable-end has wide segmental-arched doorway in ground storey. To right of upper storey a 2-light window matching those on the harbour side; to left a large loading-hatch with double plank doors in a plain wood frame with pegged joints (probably original). North-west gable-end has to right of ground storey a segmental-arched doorway containing old plank double-doors with strap-hinges (probably original with some repairs). To left is a slightly projecting round-arched niche with a moulded archivolt, possibly designed for a water tap. No openings in upper storey. INTERIOR: upper floor not inspected. The building is marked 'Market House' on the 1st edition 25-inch OS map of Brixham (1864). The building date of 1799 appears to derive from the fact that the Haven and Market Improvement Act was passed in that year; the commissioners appointed under the Act owned the Market House. (White W: History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Devonshire: Sheffield: 1850-: 425; Saxton WA: Brixham History (2nd edition): Brixham: 1962-: 23; Horsley JE: A Short History of Brixham: Exeter: 1988-: 14-15).
Listing NGR: SX9254256256
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 383747
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Horsley, J E, A Short History of Brixham, (1988), 14-15
Saxton, W A, Brixham History, (1962), 23
Whites Directory in History Gazetteer and Directory of Devonshire, (1850), 425
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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