Listed Building: YORK BUILDINGS (TERRACE) (467567)

WEYMOUTH SY6879 ESPLANADE 873-1/21/133 (West side) 14/06/74 No.53 York Buildings (terrace) GV II House in row, former terrace of 7. c1785 (RCHME). Rendered, tile roof. 3 storeys, attic and basement. A flat-roofed plain dormer replaces the original hipped and tiled version, above two 4-pane sashes and a wide C20 3-light window. Ground floor has a symmetrical shop front with deep set-back central glazed door under a plastic blind and deep C20 fascia. The basement is now concealed by the later pavement. There is an eaves cornice, and the right-hand party wall rises above the roof slope to a coping; there is a ridge stack shared with No.54 (qv) adjoining. The original frontage has been much modified, and would have matched No.52 (qv) to the left. INTERIOR: not inspected. (RCHME: Dorset, South-East: London: 1970-: 354). Listing NGR: SY6802879054

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