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102 and 102A High Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Poole Town, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.7155 / 50°42'55"N

Longitude: -1.9845 / 1°59'4"W

OS Eastings: 401193

OS Northings: 90652

OS Grid: SZ011906

Mapcode National: GBR XQS.J1

Mapcode Global: FRA 67Q6.4P0

Plus Code: 9C2WP288+56

Entry Name: 102 and 102A High Street

Listing Date: 14 June 1954

Last Amended: 13 April 2023

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1267143

English Heritage Legacy ID: 412501

ID on this website: 101267143

Location: Old Town, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, BH15

County: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Poole

Traditional County: Dorset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset

Church of England Parish: Poole St James with St Paul

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

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Summary


House, early C19, now (2022) in use as commercial premises.

Description


House, early C19, now (2022) in use as a commercial premises.

MATERIALS: built from brick with gauged brick arches to the openings, brick chimney stacks and a slate roof.

PLAN: double-depth plan.

EXTERIOR: the building is two storeys high with a cellar and is a three-window range facing onto the High Street. The shop fronts which dated previously to the mid-C20 were altered in around 2019. They run the width of the building and there is a deep, projecting, modern canopy above. There are gauged brick flat arches to the three six-over-six-pane sashes at first-floor level, which formerly had a full-width cast-iron balcony. Eaves have a deep overhang.

INTERIOR: it is understood that the ground floor has been gutted, but that the rear central stair has retained a bow-fronted stair hall.

Reasons for Listing


102 and 102A High Street is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

Architectural interest:

* notwithstanding later interventions and losses, it retains some original elements of the early-C19 building.

Historic interest:

* it reflects the social and commercial development of the High Street over time.

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