Description

PORTLAND

SY6873 FORTUNESWELL, Fortuneswell
969-1/3/101 (West side)
New Star Inn

II

Public house, end of street row. Early or mid C19 with early
C20 pub front. Rendered, slate roof. Two storeys and basement,
2-windowed. Large 16-pane sashes in moulded architraves, plain
stone cills on moulded brackets, and a central decorative
cartouche. At ground floor a full- width pub front,
symmetrical with central pair of part-glazed margin- paned
doors under twin-arched overlight with central baluster. To
each side are 2 pairs of casements with triple overlights all
to a moulded frieze and architrave on heavy paired end
consoles and with central flat segmental pediment; the
consoles above brought forward pilasters. All carried out in
dark glazed brick. Parapet with thin coping, coped verges,
brick stacks, rendered to right. Plain return. A forceful and
unaltered frontage characteristic of its era.

Listing NGR: SY6862573524

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26498650

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)