Description

1.
5191 WEST STREET
(North Side)

The Court including
forecourt railings
SY 4693 2/185 23.11.50.
SY 4692 3/185

II

2.
1844 (datestone with "I.H.P." on west double gable: but the company has been in
existence since 1665, and there was a building on the site at the time of Hutchins'
map, 1773). Rubble. Pitched slate roof with coped gable ends. 3 storeys. 8 ranges
of segment-headed, 3-light casements with lead glazing bars: 1 window on 2nd floor
is round-arched. Brick modillion eaves cornice to part of front.
Contemporary residential extension southwards at west end. Stucco. Pitched slate
roof with coped gables. 2 storeys. Band, 3 ranges casements with glazing bars
and hoodmoulds.
Railings along south side of forecourt: contemporary, iron, vine leaf design that
is found in many places in Bridport(c.f Nos 52 to 58 West Bay Road).
The court in the office of Bridport Gundry Ltd., an amalgamation of nearly all
the local twine and net companies. It is therefore both the largest and oldest
established employer of labour in Bridport.

Listing NGR: SY4641493009

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26522938

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)