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Weighbridge House and Weighbridge

A Grade II Listed Building in Dauntsey, Wiltshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5209 / 51°31'15"N

Longitude: -2.0085 / 2°0'30"W

OS Eastings: 399505

OS Northings: 180218

OS Grid: ST995802

Mapcode National: GBR 2RW.P02

Mapcode Global: VHB3P.41JF

Plus Code: 9C3VGXCR+9H

Entry Name: Weighbridge House and Weighbridge

Listing Date: 21 October 1996

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1268389

English Heritage Legacy ID: 461887

ID on this website: 101268389

Location: Dauntsey Lock, Wiltshire, SN15

County: Wiltshire

Civil Parish: Dauntsey

Traditional County: Wiltshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire

Church of England Parish: Lyneham with Bradenstoke St Michael

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

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Description


ST98SE DAUNTSEY B4069, Dauntsey Lock
(South West side)


1385-0/3/10008 Weighbridge House and Weighbridge


GV II

Weighbridge house and weighbridge. Circa mid C19. Red and burnt brick in Flemish bond with dressed limestone quoins. Welsh slate hipped roof with alternate courses of shaped slates. Brick lateral stack on SW side, its stone shaft truncated. Small single-cell rectangular building with doorway on SE, fireplace on SW side and window to weighbridge on north east side. The SE side has central doorway with plank door with small rectangular overlight. The NE side has 2-light window with stone frame and is blocked in brick. The window looks out onto the weighbridge with its cast-iron platform inscribed 'BARTLETT AND SON, BRISTOL, TO WEIGH 6 TONS'. The platform is over a pit and connected to a balance, in the weighbridge house, complete with weights. The room is ceiled and has a small fireplace with a simple wooden chimneypiece.

Listing NGR: ST9950580218

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