Description

BRIXHAM

SX85NE ALSTON LANE, Churston Ferrers
1946-1/1/36 (North West side)
10/01/75 Alston Farmhouse, including front
garden wall and gate

GV II

Farmhouse. Early C19. Stone rubble with red-brick window
arches. Hipped slated roof. Chimney on each end wall. Rendered
to left, late C20 red brick to right. Double-fronted, probably
double-depth plan. 2 storeys. 3 windows wide. 6-panelled
centre door, the bottom 2 panels flush, the rest now glazed.
C20 wood porch with slated pent-roof. Windows have 3-light
wood casements, each light with 10 panes. Deep flat
eaves-cornice. Matching windows in right side wall. Also stone
rubble porch with slated pent-roof. Front garden has paths of
worn pebbles. Subsidiary features: boundary wall of
roughly-coursed, squared stone rubble with flat stone coping.
This sweeps up to form a pier with a flat chamfered cap at
each end, and in the middle rises to form 2 matching gate
piers. Iron gate with diagonal braces; seems to have a
cogwheel in the centre.

Listing NGR: SX8989155467

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26489788

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)