Listed Building: (467447)

WEYMOUTH SY6878NW CUSTOM HOUSE QUAY 873-1/24/67 (North side) 14/06/74 Nos.15 AND 16 GV II Pair of houses at end of row, returning to South Parade. Late C18 or early C19. Rendered, concrete tile mansard roof. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, each 1 window; a raking 4-pane sash dormer above a bold canted oriel with plain sash, dentilled cornice carried across full width, and simple panelled skirt; interior panelled shutters to No.16. Ground floor has a 4-pane sash, and centred are arched doorways, with keystone, in reeded pilasters and with a reeded transom under a painted fanlight, to 6-panel doors (partly glazed to No.15). A small plinth, high blocking-course and coped parapet. Each gable has a very deep, narrow stack, that to the right raised in brickwork to clear the adjoining higher property. Left gable is plain, with an offset, and with a wide door with margin-pane glazing. Rear is in painted brick, with a 9-pane above 12-pane sash to each property. No.16 also has a 9-pane raking dormer. INTERIOR: not inspected. Although somewhat altered, the houses retain the scale of the earlier buildings on the quayside. (RCHME: Dorset, South-East: London: 1970-: 347). Listing NGR: SY6812478762

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