Two Ionic Columns in the Forecourt of the Grosvenor Hotel

TWO IONIC COLUMNS IN THE FORECOURT OF THE GROSVENOR HOTEL, HIGH STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1119931
Date first listed:
21-Mar-1983
Statutory Address:
TWO IONIC COLUMNS IN THE FORECOURT OF THE GROSVENOR HOTEL, HIGH STREET
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Date:
1999-10-18
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1119931
Date first listed:
21-Mar-1983
Statutory Address 1:
TWO IONIC COLUMNS IN THE FORECOURT OF THE GROSVENOR HOTEL, HIGH STREET

Location

Statutory Address:
TWO IONIC COLUMNS IN THE FORECOURT OF THE GROSVENOR HOTEL, HIGH STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Dorset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Swanage
National Grid Reference:
SZ0349778603

Details

HIGH STREET
1.
5190
(north side)
Two Ionic columns in the forecourt
SZ 0378 4/52 of the Grosvenor Hotel
II

2.
Probably early C19, brought from London. Portland Stone columns, apparently reduced
in height by the omission of one section.

Note: The Hotel itself has an early C19 core, but has been much altered and is not
listable. RCHM Monument 10.


Listing NGR: SZ0349778603

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Inventory of Dorset, (1970)

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