Description

WEYMOUTH

SY6878NW ESPLANADE
873-1/24/118 (West side)
Nos.33 AND 34
Grosvenor Place (terrace)

GV II

Marked on OS as Nos 3 and 4 Grosvenor Place.
2 houses, now restaurant and commercial premises. Late C18
with late C19 extension. Rendered, slate roofs. The 2 houses,
facing to the E, return with a long frontage facing N, across
which for most of the width is a stepped-forward glazed
section.
EXTERIOR: the E front is in 2 distinctive sections, each 3
storeys with 1-window width; the left half has an unusual
canted bay in lightweight structure, with thin mullions, and
glazing full-storey height, with decorative cresting, and a
door to the right. The right half has a 2-storey canted plain
sash oriel, with moulded cornices, above two 2-light display
windows; to the right is a one-storey glazed extension c2m
wide. Remains of a moulded cornice, blocking course and
parapet, and there is a central brick stack.
The long return, facing N, is in scribed rendering, in 3
storeys with 3+2+2 windows, all sashes; at second floor is a
painted-in 9-pane, then four 9-pane and two 4-pane. First
floor has a pair of French doors, a painted-in 12-pane, three
12-pane (plus a small inserted extra light) and two 4-pane.
This part has a good moulded cornice, blocking course and
parapet, and a hipped roof with 3 stacks. Across the ground
floor is the projecting section under a flat roof with
continuous display frontage in large panes, with recessed
doors to the left, and a flush door to No.33. Set back to the
right, in the main plane, is a 4-pane sash and a door.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
The building forms a visual stop at the point in the Esplanade
where Augusta Place steps forward to Grosvenor Place.

Listing NGR: SY6807078912

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26439096

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
• 
  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability