Listed Building: RODWELL HOUSE PRIVATE HOTEL (467851)

WEYMOUTH SY6778SE RODWELL ROAD 873-1/27/254 (West side) 12/12/53 No.34 Rodwell House Private Hotel (Formerly Listed as: RODWELL ROAD (West side) No.34) GV II Hotel. Late C18 or early C19. Flemish bond brickwork, cream to front wall, red on left gable, and painted to right gable, slate roofs. An elegant front range to a parapet and with 2 transverse hipped roofs; at the rear are 2 conjoined lower wings, probably contemporary with the main range. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 4 windows; 9-pane above 15-pane above 12-pane sashes, all with thin glazing bars and painted plain reveals, under splayed brick voussoirs and with stone sills. The openings to bay 3 are blind, above a 6-panel door with radial fanlight. A broad plat band between ground and first floors, and a moulded stone cornice with brick blocking and stone parapet. There are no stacks visible. The right gable end, which has a central gable peak, has three 12-pane sashes, one of these lighting a staircase, and the attached wing has 2 similar sashes at each of its 2 floors. The left gable has one 15-pane sash at first floor, and a lean-to glazed timber conservatory. The rear wing, with concrete tile roof, has two 9-pane above 12-pane sashes. INTERIOR: not inspected. The building stands rather isolated, but is one of a small group of remaining earlier properties in this part of Rodwell Road. Listing NGR: SY6756778301

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Sep 28 2009 11:58AM