2012

SX9373 : Higher Brimley Terrace

taken 13 years ago, near to Teignmouth, Devon, England

Higher Brimley Terrace
Higher Brimley Terrace
A terrace of about 30 houses in jaw-dropping polychrome brick. Here the hard, cream Kingsteignton brick is used for strength in window and door openings, courses between storeys and in chimneys. The south end of the terrace is seen in SX9473 : South end of Higher Brimley Terrace and the villa at the north end is in SX9373 : No.96 Higher Brimley seen from Buckeridge Road
Brimley valley, Teignmouth :: SX9473

The culverted watercourse in the valley is now known as the Brimley Brook. In centuries past it was the valley of "a rivulet", the Tame, that drained Holcombe Down and was joined by other streams to fill its own estuary that met the Teign where the back beach is. The Tame and a tidal marsh separated the settlements of East and West Teignmouth. Teignmouth's modern development began at the end of the seventeenth century after the ruin of the town by the French fleet in 1690. Over time the marsh was drained and the Tame tamed by culverting. The Brimley valley is today almost entirely developed as a pleasant residential district.

Source: Grace Griffiths. History of Teignmouth. Bradford on Avon: ELSP, 2001 edition.


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SX9373, 493 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Robin Stott   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 6 May, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 17 October, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SX 9398 7351 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:33.1024N 3:29.8730W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SX 9399 7348
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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