The Lord Nelson Public House
54, EAST STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1287780
- Date first listed:
- 19-Sept-1975
- List Entry Name:
- The Lord Nelson Public House
- Statutory Address:
- 54, EAST STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1287780
- Date first listed:
- 19-Sept-1975
- List Entry Name:
- The Lord Nelson Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- 54, EAST STREET
- Statutory Address 2:
- THE LORD NELSON PUBLIC HOUSE, 52, EAST 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:
- 54, EAST STREET
- Statutory Address:
- THE LORD NELSON PUBLIC HOUSE, 52, EAST 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 46817 92879
Details
1. 5191 EAST STREET (South Side)
Nos 52 (The Lord Nelson Public House) and No 54 SY 4692 1/265
II
2. Probably late C18. The Lord Nelson was originally called The King of Prussia, so it may date from either the Seven Years or the Napoleonic Wars. In 1914 it became for a short time The King of the Belgians. Colour washed brick. Pitched slate roof. Coped gables, No 52's with festooned urns above eaves. 2 storeys, and attics. Eaves cornice of diagonally placed bricks. 4 ranges of sashes with glazing bars. 2 attic dormers with casements. No 54 has modern shopfront and planked double doors with semi-circular fanlight. No 52 has dentilled C19 shop window and 6 panel door with semi-circular fanlight. The inner door is half glazed and the glass is engraved with an equestrian portrait of a C19 Prussian King ( ? Frederick William II or III).
Listing NGR: SY4682692872
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 104545
- 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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