Description

WEYMOUTH

SY6879 ESPLANADE 873-1/21/132 (West side) 12/12/53 No.52 York Buildings (terrace)

GV II

Formerly known as: No.1 YORK BUILDINGS. House in row, part of a group of 7. c1785 (RCHME). Flemish bond brickwork, tile roof. 3 storeys, attic and basement. A hipped tiled dormer above two 9-pane sashes to a deep flush sill band and sills, above a storey-height tripartite 8:12:8-pane quasi-Palladian window at first floor, with a central blind arch painted in, a frieze and flush head and sill bands, over a skirt in 3 corresponding panels above a similar less deep tripartite sash to the ground floor, with a head band. The basement level has a central barred sash, in a painted stone plinth. To the right, on 5 stone steps with nosings, is an early panelled door with 12-pane glazing, in a moulded architrave and with a frieze plus dentil cornice. A frieze and moulded eaves cornice, and a ridge stack to the left. INTERIOR: not inspected. A very handsome property, little altered externally on this principal front. (RCHME: Dorset, South-East: London: 1970-: 354).



Listing NGR: SY6802879054

External Links

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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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