19, RAX LANE

19, RAX LANE

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Explore this list entry

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1287524
Date first listed:
19-Sept-1975
List Entry Name:
19, RAX LANE
Statutory Address:
19, RAX LANE

Have you got a photo to share?

Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places. 

There is a problem

Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

Icon Buildings
Icon Scheduled monuments
Icon Parks and gardens
Icon Battlefields
Icon Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Images of England Project

To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge.
Archive image, may not represent current condition of site.
Date:
2002-01-15
Reference:
IOE01/05621/17
Rights:
© Mr John Fenton. Source: Historic England Archive

Local Heritage Hub

Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.

Discover more

Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1287524
Date first listed:
19-Sept-1975
List Entry Name:
19, RAX LANE
Statutory Address 1:
19, RAX LANE

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
19, RAX LANE

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 46602 93020

Details

1. 5l91 RAX LANE (South Side)

No 19 SY 4693 2/84

II GV

2. C18, with oriel and rear porch, added in early Cl9. Rendered. 2 storeys. Centre of 1st floor on road side has early C19 canted oriel with fluted pilasters taking bracket caps to the cornice and sashes with glazing bars. 2 flush-framed cased sashes with glazing bars either side of it. Ground floor has planked front door and modern windows. Rear has 3 ranges of sashes with glazing bars, and an early C19 pediment porch. Interior has shutters and cupboards with fielded panelling.

Nos 13, 15, 19 and 31 (south side) form a group with Rax, Garden wall to Rax, The Grove, Garden wall to the Grove, No 32 and its outhouses, Gatehouse of No 32 and its wall, Outhouses to the south of Wykes Court Garden (all on north side), and with Nos 17 and 19 Downes Street, and Wykes Court, Conservative Club, and Stables south of the Conservative Club, North Street.

Listing NGR: SY4660593021

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
401842
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.

Ordnance survey map of 19, RAX LANE

Map

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 09-Jun-2026 at 18:56:08.

Download a full scale map (PDF)
© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2026. OS AC0000815036. Use of this mapping is subject to Terms and Conditions.

End of official list entry

All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.

Previous Overview
Next Comments and Photos