Listed Building: ALMA COTTAGE AND PUMP COTTAGE (467311)

WEYMOUTH SY6681SW CAUSEWAY, Radipole 873-1/11/491 (South side) 12/12/53 Alma Cottage and Pump Cottage (Formerly Listed as: WEST END, Radipole Alma Cottage and Pump Cottage) GV II Formerly known as: Pump Cottages WEST END Radipole. Pair of semi-detached houses. Late C18 or early C19, possibly with earlier fabric. Squared rubble, thatched roof, brick ridge stack. 2-unit plan. Flat-roofed extension added at the rear. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 4 windows. Alma cottage has two 2-light wood casements with horizontal bars at the eaves above 1 at ground floor, to the right of a panelled, part-glazed door in deep reveals on 3 transverse stone steps to a landing. The left gable has a replica 2-light casement at first-floor level, and the rear has two 2-light casements at the eaves, offset as to the front. Pump cottage has two 2-light early C19 casement dormers with remains of leading, set into the thatch, above wood lintels over early C19 16-pane sashes and central plank door with glazed panel; slight plinth, and at the right-hand end an added raking buttress; the right gable has a small casement to the attic above a C20 2-light window; small gabled wing with slate roof added to right in later C19. INTERIOR: not inspected. The name derives from the parish pump (not included) which was formerly located nearby but is now relocated on the opposite side of the road at the junction with Radipole Lane. Listing NGR: SY6632681296

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Jan 13 2010 12:03PM