Listed Building: WELLINGTON COURT (467261)

WEYMOUTH SY6878NW BARRACK ROAD 873-1/24/9 (North West side) No.2 Wellington Court GV II Detached house, formerly part of Red Barracks. 1795, rebuilt after fire in 1801. Flemish bond brickwork, some rendering, slate roof. EXTERIOR: 2-storey, 3-window range adjacent to Barrack Road, and at right angles to the principal range, Nos 34-45 (qv). The street front is rendered above a rebuilt brick boundary wall to approx 2.6m height, and with a small sash window at each level. The entrance front, facing the former parade ground, is in Flemish bond brickwork, with hipped roof. All windows are 12-pane sashes to brick voussoirs and stone sills, with a central 6-panel door under a 3-pane transom light; the outer gable end has a sash at each level, and the inner gable is plain rendered. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: part of the former Cavalry barracks, rebuilt in 1801 after a fire as an Infantry barracks. Red Barracks formed part of a chain of one-troop cavalry stations along the south coast, planned by the Barrack Master, General Col DeLancey. Part of an externally complete group. Listing NGR: SY6816478513

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