Description

BRIXHAM

SX95NW BERRY HEAD ROAD, Berry Head
1946-1/2/20 (North side)
18/10/49 Berry Head Hotel
(Formerly Listed as:
BERRY HEAD ROAD
Berry Head House Hotel)

GV II

Military hospital; later a private house, now an hotel.
1809-10; late C20 additions to north. Devonian limestone
rubble. Hipped slated roof. Main building U-shaped with ranges
to north, east, and west. Also 2 smaller buildings to south of
east and west ranges, probably linked to the main building
originally. The entrance was probably through the west side,
between the 2 sections of the west range. 2 storeys. 9-window
front to north, the end windows set in shallow projections.
7-window fronts to east and west. Windows have flat lintels of
3 limestone voussoirs. Late C20 windows in west range and
north range. East range retains some original 6-paned sashes.
Simple stepped top-cornice; low parapet with flat coping. This
was later the home of the Rev HF Lyte, author of the hymn
'Abide with Me'.
(Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit Reports: Pye AR:
Berry Head Fort, Brixham: 90.10: 1990-: P.7; Gregory C:
Brixham in Devonia: Totnes: 1896-: P.48).

Listing NGR: SX9386856728

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Berry Head House at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q15978898

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)