York Buildings (Terrace) With Area Railings
YORK BUILDINGS (TERRACE) WITH AREA RAILINGS, 56 AND 57, ESPLANADE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1145954
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-1974
- List Entry Name:
- York Buildings (Terrace) With Area Railings
- Statutory Address:
- YORK BUILDINGS (TERRACE) WITH AREA RAILINGS, 56 AND 57, ESPLANADE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1145954
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-1974
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 22-Dec-1997
- List Entry Name:
- York Buildings (Terrace) With Area Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- YORK BUILDINGS (TERRACE) WITH AREA RAILINGS, 56 AND 57, ESPLANADE
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.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- YORK BUILDINGS (TERRACE) WITH AREA RAILINGS, 56 AND 57, ESPLANADE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Weymouth
- National Grid Reference:
- SY 68025 79080
Details
WEYMOUTH
SY6879 ESPLANADE 873-1/21/136 (West side) 14/06/74 Nos.56 AND 57 York Buildings (terrace), with area railings (Formerly Listed as: ESPLANADE No.56 York Buildings) (Formerly Listed as: ESPLANADE No.57 York Buildings)
GV II
Pair of houses, now in one occupation, part of an original terrace of 7 houses. c1785 (RCHME), modified mid C19. Rendered, tile roof. 3 storeys, attic and basement. Each has a tile hipped dormer, with sash to No.56 and early 2-light casement to No.57, above plain sashes, 2 at second floor, and 2-storey bold canted oriels, with low-pitched lead hipped cappings and modillion top cornice; set back in the main wall plane are 2 sashes to each basement. To left and right on 6 steps are original panelled doors. The basement areas are enclosed by spearhead railings, returned at the ends and centre, but with low coped wall to the extreme right. The right return, with double gable, is plain, and the rear, in New Street,is mainly in unrendered brickwork, with a mansard roof slope with dormers, and sashes with bars in moulded flush boxes; two 4-pane, two 12-pane, and a stair sash with margin panes. There is also a low 2-storey gabled service wing. INTERIOR: not inspected. There were originally 3 houses here, but the end property has been demolished. In detail they were probably similar to No.51 (qv), but the fronts modified later. (RCHME: Dorset, South-East: London: 1970-: 354).
Listing NGR: SY6802379083
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 467570
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Dorset II South East, (1970), 354
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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