Ventilator Shaft at NGR SY 7028 7217

VENTILATOR SHAFT AT NGR SY 7028 7217, THE GROVE

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1206239
Date first listed:
21-Sept-1978
Statutory Address:
VENTILATOR SHAFT AT NGR SY 7028 7217, THE GROVE
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1206239
Date first listed:
21-Sept-1978
Date of most recent amendment:
17-May-1993
Statutory Address 1:
VENTILATOR SHAFT AT NGR SY 7028 7217, THE GROVE

Location

Statutory Address:
VENTILATOR SHAFT AT NGR SY 7028 7217, THE GROVE

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

District:
Dorset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Portland
National Grid Reference:
SY 70281 72170

Details

PORTLAND

SY67SE THE GROVE, Grove 969-1/1/151 (South side (off)) 21/09/78 Ventilator shaft at NGR SY 7028 7217 (Formerly Listed as: THE GROVE VENTILATOR SHAFT TO SOUTH OF THE BORSTAL GOVERNOR'S HOUSE)

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Ventilator to sewer system. c 1870. Portland ashlar. Octagonal shaft on high base and pedestal, cavetto-mould string at c 2.5m from base, then tapered shaft to capping on ovolo mould, with frieze and necking band. Eight cast-iron vents in shaft c 0.5m above string. Total height c 7.5m, side of octagon to pedestal c 570mm. Located in garden of former Governor's house, c 75m S of The Grove, one of three remaining shafts (qqv).

Listing NGR: SY7028172170

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382042
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