Description

WEYMOUTH

SY6878NW ESPLANADE
873-1/24/120 (West side)
18/06/70 No.36
Augusta Place (terrace), with
boundary railings

GV II

Formerly known as: No.2 AUGUSTA PLACE.
House in row. Late C18. Flemish bond brickwork, slate double
roof to an internal valley.
3 storeys, attic and basement, 2 windows; hipped dormers above
a 3-storey canted bay with 6:9:6 and 8:12:8-pane sashes, a
modillion top cornice, and plain skirts. To the left of the
bay a 9-pane above 12-pane sash, in plain reveals, and centred
to the original pair (Nos 35 & 36); the basement light, in the
plane of the main wall, is a replacement. To the left, on 5
stone steps carried on a quadrant arch, a C20 door with 3-pane
transom light. Plain bands at first and second floors, and the
former moulded cornice has been cut back to a plain band below
the blocking-course with coped parapet. 2 deep brick stacks to
the right have been raised to clear the higher adjoining
property, No.37 (qv).
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: across the full width of the front are
original railings, returned to the door, including a central
run between this and No.35 (not included), and a gate to
basement steps to the right.
This was built as one of a pair with No.35 but has been less
modified than its neighbour.
(RCHME: Dorset, South-East: London: 1970-: 354).

Listing NGR: SY6804878935

Selected Sources

• Inventory of Dorset II South East, (1970), 354

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