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6, St Michael's Road

A Grade II Listed Building in Westbourne and West Cliff, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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Latitude: 50.7194 / 50°43'9"N

Longitude: -1.8854 / 1°53'7"W

OS Eastings: 408185

OS Northings: 91095

OS Grid: SZ081910

Mapcode National: GBR X6B.JB

Mapcode Global: FRA 67Y5.M9K

Plus Code: 9C2WP497+QR

Entry Name: 6, St Michael's Road

Listing Date: 1 August 1974

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1324754

English Heritage Legacy ID: 101838

ID on this website: 101324754

Location: West Cliff, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, BH2

County: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Bournemouth

Traditional County: Hampshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset

Church of England Parish: Bournemouth St John with St Michael

Church of England Diocese: Winchester

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Description


1.
5186 ST MICHAEL'S ROAD
(West Side)
No 6
SZ 089l 13/117 1.8.74

II

2.
Built as Freemasons' Hall,circa 1870, but still of Italianate type of circa 1840
(style of Charles Fowler). Elegant facade of colour-washed brick dressed in
stucco, on basement increasing in depth down hill. Tall central bay with arched
window (moulded frame, sill on consoles) flanked by pairs of giant pilasters
supporting entablature and pediment. Main hall set back on either side, with
clerestory of small arched windows, behind lower wings with arched windows, pilasters
and entablature. In place of left-hand window, bigger arch for entrance, secondary
entrance at other end (to basement) added 1910 - good Michelangesque frame with
rusticated piers and swagged keystone under segmental pediment. Hall interior
has shallow segmental plaster ceiling on coving: end bays with ribs (carved with
foliage) radiating from circle, central bay, also with circle, has transverse
ribs connecting pilasters on side walls, flanking projecting bay under external
pediment and segmentally pedimented doorway opposite, both with dentil cornices.
Through doorway is lobby, parallel to hall, with staircase to basement: pitched
skylight over semi-circular ceiling ribs, walls given frenchy plaster panelling
in 1910. Beyond is second larger hall added 1910: plaster ceiling of 4-centred
section with flat skylight in centre and arched ribs carried on elaborate corbels
with console brackets and blocks with hanging tassels, plaster panelling to walls.


Listing NGR: SZ0818591095

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