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WEYMOUTH

SY6878NW EAST STREET 873-1/24/93 (East side) 12/12/53 No.22 Wadham Guest House (Formerly Listed as: EAST STREET (East side) No.22)

GV II

House in row. c1800. Rendered, slate roof. EXTERIOR: a large, rather grand house with double mansard roof, in 3 storeys, attic and basement, 2 windows; 6-pane flat-roofed dormers above a 2-storey bow with 8:12:8-pane sashes and dentil cornices with to the left a 12-pane sash at first and second floor. Ground floor bow oriel is recessed under an overhang on 2 slender cast-iron columns, with a flat tripartite sash to the basement. To the left, on 6 stone steps with nosings, a panelled door under plain fanlight and with reeded jambs is set deep in an arched reveal, with outer doorcase having reeded pilasters and arch to square stops with circular embellishment. A dwarf wall with iron railing to the basement area, a small modillion cornice, carried across the top of the bow, blocking course and coped parapet. The gables have raised coped verges, with 2 rendered stacks. The rear is also in original detail, with a single flat-roofed dormer with wide 12-pane (4x3) sash, behind a coped parapet, and above tripartite sashes with glazing bars at 2 levels. To the right is a very lofty staircase sash, 3 panes wide and 7 deep. The gables are raised and coped. INTERIOR: not inspected, but a dogleg stair with stick balustrade is opposite the entrance, and panelled doors in moulded architraves remain. (RCHME: Dorset, South-East: London: 1970-: 348).





Listing NGR: SY6805978761

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)