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 |
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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
Location
Grid reference | SY 3421 9206 (point) |
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District (historic) | West Dorset |
Civil Parish | Lyme Regis; Dorset |
Unitary Authority | Dorset |
External Links (1)
- View details on the National Heritage List for England (From EH UDS to Legacy x-reference)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Jul 15 2019 11:26AM