Brixham-on-Sea, Cnr. Esplanade & Herbert St. Mornington

OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Brixham-on-Sea, Cnr. Esplanade & Herbert St. Mornington

DATE1938

MEDIAImage

PHOTOGRAPHERAda Downward

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.26

HISTORY

‘Brixham On Sea’ formerly named ‘Wilburton’, formerly owned by Mrs Clara Cole (rear wing) Alfred Kirton MLA purchased the house 1930 when construction of the front wing began, the home then passed to his son, David

DESCRIPTION

The house appears to be of two stages, a double-gabled and verandahed wing with half-timbered or
strapped walls at the back and projecting brick gabled at the front the upper and lower openings of the
front wing suggest a date from the late 1930’s or later

SUBJECTS

Houses

KEYWORDS

Alfred Kirton, Brixham on Sea, Clara Cole, David Kirton, Houses, Wilburton