Listed Building: (393721)

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Grade II*
Authority Historic England
Volume/Map/Item 738/7/101
Date assigned 08 May 1950
Date last amended

Description

SOUTH STREET 1. 5191 (East Side) No 10 SY 6990 7/101 8.5.50. II* 2. Late C18. (The house of the Mayor of Casterbridge in Hardy's novel of that name). Burnt grey brick with red brick dressings. Plinth has chamfered stone capping. 3 storey 3 window front set back from main frontage line. Very fine late C18 doorway with round- headed opening with fluted archivolt. Transome has guilloche enrichment. Fanlight. Moulded console brackets with beading and foliage enrichment. Paterae to entablature blocks above brackets. Dentils to cornice and pediment. Swag and paterae carving in tympanum. Moulded eaves cornice with fluting and paterae. Ground floor windows and central 1st floor window are round headed with stone keys and imposts. Original rainwater heads and down pipes. Listing NGR: SY6927790570

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Location

Grid reference SY 6927 9057 (point)
District (historic) West Dorset
Civil Parish Dorchester; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Apr 29 2019 9:11AM