Listed Building record MDO6832 - The Custom House, Poole

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Summary

Custom house, built in 1781 as a rebuilding of the Red Lion Coffee House. Rebuilt in 1814 following a fire. Flemish bond brickwork with stone dressings and rubbed brick arches, ridge and a rear lateral stacks and a hipped slate roof. Porch with Tuscan columns and entablature to double panelled doors, above a keyed, segmental-arched basement doorway with half-glazed door, and approached by symmetrical segmental curved stairs with wrought-iron railings.

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Custom House is of three storeys, built of brick, with a hipped, slate roof. It was built soon after the destruction by fire in April 1813 of the previous custom house, of which it was a replica in form though not in detail. The earlier building was itself a late 18th century rebuilding of the 'Red Lion Coffee House'. Scheduled. <2-3> Custom House, Grade 2*. Built 1781, altered 1814. Otherwise, similar description to <2>. <4>

Sources/Archives (13)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1:2500 scale. 1:2500. 1937.
  • <2> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2. 204-5.
  • <3> Scheduling record: DOE. 1978. Scheduled Monument Notification DOE (IAM) AMs Eng 2 1978. 83.
  • <4> Scheduling record: DOE (HRR). 30 June 1980. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Borough of Poole 1980. 54.
  • <5> Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. 2K/07508.
  • <6> Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. AA53/02646.
  • <7> Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. BB44/01331.
  • <8> Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. BF097942.
  • <9> Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. BF110930.
  • <10> Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. OP24615.
  • <11> Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. OP24616.
  • <12> Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. OP24617.
  • <13> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 458286.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SZ 0087 9029 (17m by 16m)
Map sheet SZ09SW
Unitary Authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 5 000 018
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 09 SW 38
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 458286
  • National Buildings Record: 110930
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Poole (18)

Record last edited

Apr 11 2022 3:46PM

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