Description

WEYMOUTH

SY6778NE RODWELL ROAD
873-1/23/253 (West side)
Boundary wall, railings, gate pier
and plaque to east of Netherton
Nursing Home

GV II

Gate pier, dwarf boundary wall with railings, commemorative
plaque. Mid C18 with 1851 plaque. Wall and plaque in Portland
ashlar, cast-iron railings.
The pier, approx 2.3m high, is in banded ashlar, with a
capping on modillion cornice, and moulded base. The dwarf
wall, in large stone block with weathered coping, dies to the
pavement on the left, and rises to approx 0.45m to the right,
where it curves back towards the main front; here there is a
C20 gate, but the wall carries simple railings.
The plain stone plaque stands on the wall coping at the
right-hand end, with an inscription in capitals: THIS
INSCRIPTION IS INSERTED TO COMMEMORATE THE DISINTERESTED
CONDUCT OF JOHN CREE ESQUIRE A MAGISTRATE FOR THIS COUNTY BY
WHOSE UNTIRING EXERTIONS AIDED BY A SUBSCRIPTION THIS
DANGEROUS APPROACH TO WEYMOUTH WAS WIDENED TEN FEET MAY 1ST
1851.

Listing NGR: SY6751978610

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26425557

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)