Description

PORTSMOUTH

SZ6299 BATH SQUARE, The Point
774-1/11/438 (West side)
25/09/72 Customs Watch-house with attached
walkway and observation hut
(Formerly Listed as:
BATH SQUARE
Her Majesty's Customs Waterguard
Office)

GV II

Customs watchouse, now house, with attached walkway and
observation hut. Late C18, altered, with 1952 addition.
Walkway and observation hut late C19. Red brick with grey
headers in Flemish bond. Hipped mansard plain tile roof, brick
stack on right. Extension of red brick in stretcher bond.
Observation hut weatherboarded with pyramidal lead roof with
finial. 2 storeys with attic, 2 bays and 2-bay extension to
left. Double doors on right below segmental arch with brackets
from former cartouche above. First-floor sash window below
flat gauged brick arches. Late C20 lantern fixed to wall.
Brick dentil cornice and coped parapet. Late C20 2-light
dormer. Rear much altered with canted bay window. Renewed
attached walkway at first-floor level leads to observation
hut. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SZ6289499522

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26666508

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)