Description

WEYMOUTH

SY6878NW CUSTOM HOUSE QUAY
873-1/24/65 (North side)
14/06/74 No.13

GV II

Warehouse. Mid C19. Flemish bond red brickwork, wide-span
low-pitched slate roof. A wide frontage building with
trapezoidal plan, resulting from the curve in the harbour
here.
3 storeys and attic; a high central gable covers a pair of
plank hauling doors. At second floor a central glazed opening,
formerly hauling way, is flanked by small 2-light casements,
and at first floor are 3 hauling doors, to slight brick
segmental heads and to flush stone sills. Ground floor has a
wide pair of central plank doors flanked by narrow plank doors
under 8-pane transom lights, these to concrete lintels. The
outer openings are set near the party walls, with wide areas
of plain walling. A saw-tooth brick eaves cornice. The rear
has 3 wide-spaced 2-light casements ate 3 levels, and a
central blocked hauling way.
INTERIOR: has on each floor 2 rows of cast-iron columns, by
Cosens, Engineers, Weymouth, carrying timber beams.

Listing NGR: SY6809678747

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26561996

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback