Lord Nelson Public House

LORD NELSON PUBLIC HOUSE, NORTH STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1119994
Date first listed:
08-Apr-1976
List Entry Name:
Lord Nelson Public House
Statutory Address:
LORD NELSON PUBLIC HOUSE, NORTH STREET
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1119994
Date first listed:
08-Apr-1976
List Entry Name:
Lord Nelson Public House
Statutory Address 1:
LORD NELSON PUBLIC HOUSE, NORTH STREET

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
LORD NELSON PUBLIC HOUSE, NORTH STREET

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

District:
Dorset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Wareham Town
National Grid Reference:
SY 92198 87739

Details

1. 5190 NORTH STREET (East Side)

Lord Nelson Public House SY 9287 1/25

II GV

2. Mid C18. Red brick. Pitched tile roof. Red brick stacks. 2 storeys and attics. Eaves cornice of diagonally placed bricks. 4 flush-framed sashes with glazing barn on 1st floor, 2 (without glazing bars) on ground floor. 2 attic dormers with hipped tile roofs and casements. Planked door in surround with reeded pilasters, paterae capitals and flat moulded hood on cut brackets; 2 lozenges between brackets. Right hand part has modern garage doors, 1 window with glazing bars on ground floor and 1 planked loft door over. Pavement in front probably C18 consists of large Purbeck setts.

St Martin's Church, the retaining wall of the churdyard, Lord Nelson Public House and No 54 form a group.

Listing NGR: SY9219887739

Legacy

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Legacy System number:
108024
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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