Listed Building record MDO12076 - 13 Rax Lane, Bridport

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Summary

No. 13 Rax Lane, is one of the best-preserved three-storeyed workshop buildings in Bridport. The early- to mid-19th century stone building includes both domestic and industrial features, with a central door and a cart entrance with loading doors and winch hoist above to the east. The scale of the premises suggests that it was built for merchants or masters of modest means.

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Full Description

No. 13 Rax Lane, is one of the best-preserved three-storeyed workshop buildings in Bridport. The building is of coursed and dressed stone with a corrugated iron roof. It probably dates to the early- to mid-19th century. The three-bay façade includes both domestic and industrial features. The entrance is in the central bay, with windows above.. The eastern bay is wider and originally had a carriage entrance on the ground floor with loading doors on the two floors above (all altered to form window openings). A winch hoist survives in the eaves above the loading doors. The windows are flat-headed with stone voussoirs, and there is a small pointed window on the 3rd storey in the west gable The scale of the premises suggests that it was built for merchants or masters of modest means. (1) (2)

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Jones, B V and Williams, M. 2002. Bridport: An Assessment of Townscape & Buildings. 61.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/063 South West Textile Mills Project.
  • <3> Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. BF111624.
  • <4> Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. 2K/06428.
  • <5> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 1305073.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 46662 93004 (11m by 10m)
Map sheet SY49SE
Civil Parish Bridport; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 016 588
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 49 SE 147
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 1305073
  • National Buildings Record: 111624

Record last edited

Dec 20 2022 6:37PM

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