Description

WEYMOUTH

SY6879 ESPLANADE
873-1/21/162 (East side)
Promenade shelter opposite Bond
Street

GV II

Promenade shelter. Late C19. Cast-iron and wood structure with
timber glazed panels, painted wood roof.
The low-pitched hipped roof has small gablets, and rich
fretted decorative cast-iron embellishment to the ridge and to
the eaves on all sides, covering an open-sided 2-bay shelter
on 3 pairs of slender turned wood columns with cast-iron
fretted brackets to a grid of moulded beams and a panelled
soffit in 12 compartments, plus diagonal 'dragon beams' to the
corner bays. Glazed screens have a central mullion, and a
transom at the bracket springing height; wooden slatted seats
are set to cast-iron scrolled brackets.
One of 7 similar shelters (qv), maintained in good condition.
This one, like most of them, is set back from the promenade
edge, but formerly would have been at the edge, with its own
railed balcony; the promenade has been later extended here.
The former lead-covered roof has been replaced with a painted
timber facsimile, including rolls, otherwise the detail is
original.

Listing NGR: SY6806679016

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26613654

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)