The Old Watch House
The Old Watch House, Marine Parade, Lyme Regis, DT7 3JF
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1229884
- Date first listed:
- 31-Jan-1974
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Watch House
- Statutory Address:
- The Old Watch House, Marine Parade, Lyme Regis, DT7 3JF
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1229884
- Date first listed:
- 31-Jan-1974
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Watch House
- Statutory Address 1:
- The Old Watch House, Marine Parade, Lyme Regis, DT7 3JF
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 Old Watch House, Marine Parade, Lyme Regis, DT7 3JF
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Lyme Regis
- National Grid Reference:
- SY 33786 91686
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 12 March 2026 to amend the name and address and reformat the text to current standards
SY 3391
2/76
MARINE PARADE (north side)
The Old Watch House
(Formerly listed as The Shell Shop (The Old Watch House))
GV
II
C19 front. Two storeys. Two window bays. Peaked slate roof above left hand bay with parapet continuing over right hand bay. Stuccoed front. In left hand bay, wide sash window on first floor and modern shop front on ground floor. In right hand bay, sash window without glazing bars above; below it, a ledged door with glazed panel in lower part. In south-west return, two widely spaced first floor windows. Grade II for group value.
Nos 14 to 20 (consec), Cobb House flats, the Old Bonded Store flats and shops
and The Old Watch House form a group. The Customs House, Cobb Road, partly closes the vista at the south-west end of Marine Parade.
Listing NGR: SY3378691686
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 404699
- 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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