Listed Building: BELL CLIFF RETAINING WALL AND RAILINGS AND STEPS LEADING UP TO NOS. 7 AND 8 BROAD STREET (103795)

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Grade II
Authority Historic England
Volume/Map/Item 864/1/91
Date assigned 31 January 1974
Date last amended

Description

BROAD STREET 1. 1357 (South-West Side) Bell Cliff Retaining Wall & Railings and steps leading up to Nos 7 & 8 Broad Street SY 3492 1/91 II GV 2. Late C18 probably. High wall of colourwashed stone rubble with capping extends north-east and then west from premises occupied by the Information Bureau, Marine Parade. The wall is surmounted by C19 railings which are looped in pairs. A lower wall extends further north-east from the north-east corner and encloses an L-shaped flight of steps leading up to higher ground before Nos 7 and 8 Broad Street. Painted brick gate piers with capping flank the bottom of the steps; steps partly of blue lias. C19 railings also flank innermost angle of steps. Bell Cliff Retaining Wall and Railings and Nos 4 to 10 (consec) & 10A Broad Street form a group. Listing NGR: SY3421292062

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Location

Grid reference SY 3421 9206 (point)
District (historic) West Dorset
Civil Parish Lyme Regis; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Jul 15 2019 11:26AM