Description

DARTMOUTH

SX874510 BROWNS HILL
673-1/8/53 (North side)
23/10/72 No.30
and attached rear boundary railings
(Formerly Listed as:
CLARENCE HILL
Nos.27-35 (Odd))

GV II

House. c1840-50, renovated c1990. Mixed construction; mostly
plastered stone rubble, but parts, including first-floor
front, are plastered timber-framing; plastered brick end
stacks with old pots; slate roof, hipped to right.
PLAN: 2 rooms wide, one room deep, with central front doorway
to stairs.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic; symmetrical 2-window front.
Plastered front has shallow jetty at first-floor level.
Central doorway has stucco surround; flat architrave on
shallow console brackets. Doorway is recessed up 3 stone
steps, and contains replacement panelled door under narrow
plain overlight. Windows are horned 12-pane sashes without
hoodmoulds, unlike the adjoining houses on Clarence Hill.
Plastered rear 3-window range; 16-pane sashes to the basement
and doorway to right containing a good original panelled door
with vertical mouldings to the bottom panels; tall 12-pane
sashes, of unusual horizontal glazing pattern and only 2 panes
wide, to ground floor and conventional 12-pane sashes to the
first floor. Probably replacement timber eaves cornice.
INTERIOR: not inspected but likely to be of interest.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: cast-iron spear-headed railings surmount
stone revetment wall to Browns Hill to rear.
End house in a contemporary terrace of 5, comprising Nos 27-33
(odd) Clarence Hill (qv) and No.30 Browns Hill (previously
No.35 Clarence Hill). The houses are built towards the top of
the valley overlooking the town centre from which the rear
elevation can be clearly seen.

Listing NGR: SX8758351482

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503337

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)