The Sailors Return Public House
THE SAILORS RETURN PUBLIC HOUSE, 1 AND 2, ST NICHOLAS STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1147949
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jan-1994
- List Entry Name:
- The Sailors Return Public House
- Statutory Address:
- THE SAILORS RETURN PUBLIC HOUSE, 1 AND 2, ST NICHOLAS STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1147949
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jan-1994
- List Entry Name:
- The Sailors Return Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE SAILORS RETURN PUBLIC HOUSE, 1 AND 2, ST NICHOLAS 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.
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:
- THE SAILORS RETURN PUBLIC HOUSE, 1 AND 2, ST NICHOLAS STREET
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 67804 78764
Details
WEYMOUTH
SY6778NE ST NICHOLAS STREET 873-1/23/228 (West side) 24/01/94 Nos.1 AND 2 The Sailor's Return Public House
GV II
2 houses, now public house. Late C18 with mid C19 alterations to exterior. Rendered over brick and rubble with slate roofs and rendered stacks. A corner building, facing S across the Inner Harbour, with rear wings at right angles to main single-depth range. 2 storeys and attic; 4-window front. The front to the quay has 2-light gabled dormers and mid/late C19 tripartite and 2/2-pane sashes; No.2 has C19 flush panel door flanked by large 6-pane lights in pilaster surround with cornice; No.1 has a 4-panel flush C19 door under a transom light. The outer end is gabled, and the corner hipped. Similar fenestration to return elevations and to C19 rear wings to No.2. INTERIOR of No.2 includes late C18 joinery with partitions, chinoiserie balustrade to staircase and neo-classical style chimneypieces. This building is a very prominent item in the historic streetscape, especially when viewed from across the Inner Harbour.
Listing NGR: SY6780478764
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 467917
- 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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