Description

WEYMOUTH

SY6878NW CUSTOM HOUSE QUAY
873-1/24/66 (North side)
14/06/74 No.14

GV II

House at end of row, returns to South Parade. Early C19. Red
brickwork in Flemish and header bonds, concrete tile mansard
roof.
PLAN: 2-room depth, with side entry and staircase, and C20
extension to the rear; the corner is taken on the curve, and
the site wedge-shaped.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, attic and basement. To the Quay the front
is 1-windowed, with a 16-pane flat-roofed sash above an
8:12:8-paned bold bow oriel to a moulded cornice above a
smaller 5:15:5-pane oriel. Under this is a shallow light, set
back, to the basement. To the left, on 5 stone steps with
nosings, a 6-panel fielded door in an arch in 2 orders, with
plain fanlight.
Return has a 16-pane sash in a gabled section above the
parapet, and a 2-storey flat oriel with 5:15:5-pane sashes,
above an original 18-pane sash to the basement in a small
curbed area. There are stone plinth, moulded cornice, rendered
blocking-course and coped parapet, with a stack to the right.
INTERIOR: under restoration at the time of survey, has much of
the original joinery. The bows have panelling to the sides of
and under the windows, the ground-floor front room has a
fireplace with reeded surround and paterae, with cast-iron
inset, and there are double doors to the rear room. Panelled
doors generally have reeded architraves. The staircase has a
solid moulded string, stick balusters and Doric newels, and
there is a tall 21-pane sash, which passes one of the
landings. At the first floor is a fireplace similar to but on
a grander scale than that below. There are no ceiling
cornices.
A delightful little building, reputed to have once been the
Harbour Master's house, and, according to Ricketts, the home
of Upham, the early C19 artist.
(RCHME: Dorset, South-East: London: 1970-: 347; Ricketts E:
The Buildings of Old Weymouth: Melcombe Regis and Westham:
Weymouth: 1976-: 121).

Listing NGR: SY6810478750

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26561997

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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