Listed Building: THE WAREHOUSE BRASSERIE AT NEWFOUNDLAND HOUSE (412632)

POOLE SZ0090SE THE QUAY 958-1/17/195 (North side) 28/05/74 The Warehouse Brasserie at Newfoundland House (Formerly Listed as: THE QUAY The Warehouse Restaurant at Newfoundland House) GV II Formerly known as: Warehouse to east of Custom House THE QUAY. Two warehouses, now office and restaurant. C18 and early C19, restored late C20. Red brick, red stucco to Quay, E brick gable stack, a W half-hipped slate roof and E hipped tiled roof. L-shaped rectangular plan. W end 5 storeys; 3-window range. E end 4 storeys; 4-window range. W end has a half-hipped gable with a central hoist bay with segmental-arched heads to tall openings with late C20 glazing, matching doorway, and smaller casements each side. E end has a right-hand end gable and cogged brick eaves, paired hoist bays with segmental-arched heads to C20 glazing, and similar flanking windows with casements; paired central hipped dormers and a wide doorway with a segmental arch and inserted recessed doors. Rear elevation has E 4-storey; 4-window range with paired central hoist bays, now infilled with mid C20 windows, segmental arches and a wide right-hand segmental-arched carriage arch. W 4-storey and attic; 3-window range, as the front with an altered right-hand segmental-arched carriage arch. INTERIOR altered, with inserted concrete stair in Newfoundland House; the Warehouse has some timber joists. HISTORICAL NOTE: probably built after the 1813 fire which destroyed the Custom House (qv). Group value with the other listed quayside buildings, and illustrative of the former industrial life of the quay. (RCHME: County of Dorset (South East): London: 1970-: 232). Listing NGR: SZ0088990301

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