Description

SY66NE
969-1/1/161

PORTLAND
PORTLAND BILL ROAD, Portland Bill
(East side (off))
Fisherman's Hut at NGR SY 6783 6848

II

Fisherman's hut. C19. Squared coursed block or rubble, felt
roofs. In two units, forming one rectangular unit parallel
with coast. To SW, at Lighthouse (qv) end, a small single-cell
one-storey building with very large stone block front
containing wide plank door to simple opening; left gable has
series of large crow-step kneelers and stone stack with
capping over rubble walling. At the back is a blocked doorway,
centre. To right a longer two-room space to common ridge line
but at lower pitch than adjoining; full height opening to
left, then normal plank door and a square opening to rendered
lintel. Plain rubble return gable, but some very large quoin
stones set low. Back has been slightly raised. A rare
survival.

Listing NGR: SY6794068537

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569624

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)