Description

WEYMOUTH

SY6878NW BARRACK ROAD
873-1/24/14 (North side)
Nos.1-8 (Consecutive) Coastguard
Cottages, with boundary wall and
piers

GV II

Coastguard cottages, now terrace of 8 houses. c1880. Flemish
bond brickwork, stone dressings, slate roof. A long row of
dwellings, entered from a terrace on the N side, away from the
street, and facing the Harbour.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; Barrack Road front is in 9x2+1 windows,
all small 12-pane sashes in flush stone dressings with
alternating jambs and stone sills. The gables have raised
coped verges set to bold modelled stone and brick kneelers,
and there are 5 brick ridge stacks with brick cappings. The
right-hand gable end has 2 windows and a plank door with a
3-pane transom light.
The N side is similarly detailed, with 8 original doors under
3-pane transom lights, on 2 stone steps, and each with a
cast-iron foot-scraper and flanked by small single lights. The
cast-iron ogee gutters have down-pipes with an Admiralty
anchor cast on.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: to Barrack Road is a full-width low brick
wall to stone coping at approx 0.65m; at either end are pairs
of square stone gate-piers with low pyramidal cappings. The
wall continues to the right to link with the boundary to Nothe
House (qv).
Included as an unusually complete row of purpose-built housing
of this type. Has group value with the Master's house, Nothe
House (qv), immediately adjoining.

Listing NGR: SY6826278650

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26599858

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback