Listed Building: WASH HOUSES AND CONNECTING BOUNDARY WALL TO REAR OF ALMA TERRACE (381960)
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| Grade | II |
|---|---|
| Authority | |
| Volume/Map/Item | 969-1/1/139 |
| Date assigned | 17 May 1993 |
| Date last amended |
Description
PORTLAND
SY67SE GROVE ROAD, Grove 969-1/1/139 (East side) Wash houses and connecting boundary wall to rear of Alma Terrace
GV II
Five former wash houses, now stores, linked by continuous rear boundary wall. Probably 1854 (date of Terrace (qv)). Good dressed stone, slate roofs. Each unit has small single room with pent roof to raised rear parapet, and on plain stone eaves band. Each unit has a large 12-pane sash to deep stone cill, and, to far right, a C19 panelled door; back left is large stone stack in 2 stages with heavy capping. Interior retains copper boiler in brick sub-structure, stone floor. Boundary wall between units c 0.5m lower than rear parapets. These outbuildings are unusually grand, and are a reminder of the C19 social scene. They have been well restored with the houses to which they belong.
Listing NGR: SY7000872515
Location
| Grid reference | SY 7000 7251 (point) |
|---|---|
| Borough (historic) | Weymouth and Portland |
External Links (1)
- View details on the National Heritage List for England (From EH UDS to Legacy x-reference)
Related Monuments/Buildings (6)
- Boundary wall linking wash houses behind Alma Terrace, Portland (Listed Building) (MDO31629)
- Wash house to rear of 11 and 12 Alma Terrace, Portland (Listed Building) (MDO31628)
- Wash house to rear of 3 and 4 Alma Terrace, Portland (Listed Building) (MDO31624)
- Wash house to rear of 5 and 6 Alma Terrace, Portland (Listed Building) (MDO31625)
- Wash house to rear of 7 and 8 Alma Terrace, Portland (Listed Building) (MDO31626)
- Wash house to rear of 9 and 10 Alma Terrace, Portland (Listed Building) (MDO31627)
Record last edited
Aug 18 2014 2:14PM