Latitude: 50.721 / 50°43'15"N
Longitude: -2.9393 / 2°56'21"W
OS Eastings: 333786
OS Northings: 91686
OS Grid: SY337916
Mapcode National: GBR PJ.D40K
Mapcode Global: FRA 47Q5.QNX
Plus Code: 9C2VP3C6+C7
Entry Name: The Old Watch House the Shell Shop the Shell Shop (The Old Watch House)
Listing Date: 31 January 1974
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1229884
English Heritage Legacy ID: 404699
ID on this website: 101229884
Location: Cobb, Dorset, DT7
County: Dorset
Civil Parish: Lyme Regis
Built-Up Area: Lyme Regis
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset
Church of England Parish: Lyme Regis St Michael the Archangel
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: Architectural structure
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SY 3391
2/76
MARINE PARADE (north side)
The Old Watch House
(Formerly listed as The Shell Shop (The Old Watch House))
GV
II
C19 front. Two storeys. Two window bays. Peaked slate roof above left hand bay with parapet continuing over right hand bay. Stuccoed front. In left hand bay, wide sash window on first floor and modern shop front on ground floor. In right hand bay, sash window without glazing bars above; below it, a ledged door with glazed panel in lower part. In south-west return, two widely spaced first floor windows. Grade II for group value.
Nos 14 to 20 (consec), Cobb House flats, the Old Bonded Store flats and shops
and The Old Watch House form a group. The Customs House, Cobb Road, partly closes the vista at the south-west end of Marine Parade.
Listing NGR: SY3378691686
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