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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558698

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)