The Castle (Museum and Art Gallery)

THE CASTLE (MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY), SOUTH STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1227857
Date first listed:
28-Nov-1950
Statutory Address:
THE CASTLE (MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY), SOUTH STREET
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1227857
Date first listed:
28-Nov-1950
Statutory Address 1:
THE CASTLE (MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY), SOUTH STREET

Location

Statutory Address:
THE CASTLE (MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY), SOUTH STREET

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

District:
Dorset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Bridport
National Grid Reference:
SY 46606 92823

Details

1. 5191 SOUTH STREET (East Side) The Castle (Museum and Art Gallery) SY 4692 1/117 28.11.50.

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2. Early C16. Hammer dressed stone, with ashlar dressings. Tiled roof. 2 storeys. Moulded string. 2 storey porch block with 4-centred arch on ground floor, leading to ledged door; lower part canted, but upper part square and taken on moulded squinches similar to those at Winterborne Clenston Manor. 2,3 and 5-light stone mullioned windows with slightly arched heads to each light, and relieving arches to those on ground floor. Heavily restored after fire in 1876.

Listing NGR: SY4660692823

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