Description

PORTLAND

SY6873 HIGH STREET, Fortuneswell
969-1/3/106 (North side)
21/09/78 Nos.62 AND 64
Tenastelion (64)

GV II

Pair of houses at end of row. Mid C18. Portland ashlar, slate
roof. A house of higher quality than most in the area, with a
3-bay symmetrical front and coupled central doors to formal
classical portico. Two storeys and attic. Two 2-light
flat-roofed dormers above 3 plate-glass sashes at first floor
and 2 at ground floor; these in moulded stone architraves with
swept feet on stooled cills. Central Roman Doric portico with
three-quarter columns carrying fluted frieze and moulded flat
cornice, with two C20 intrusive doors separated by a plain
stone pilaster, all on two stone steps. Plinth, rusticated
alternating quoins and moulded stone eaves cornice; raised
coped verges to kneelers, rendered gable stack, left, and
brick stack, right. Interior to No 64 retains, first-floor
front, a fully panelled room, with dado and main panels raised
and fielded, frieze with anthemion decoration, and fireplace
with pulvinated frieze and eared architrave; some panelled
window shutters also remain.
(Royal Commission on Historical Monuments: Dorset: London:
1970-: 255).

Listing NGR: SY6859173390

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26498655

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)