Listed Building: THE COURT INCLUDING FORECOURT RAILINGS (403960)

1. 5191 WEST STREET (North Side) The Court including forecourt railings SY 4693 2/185 23.11.50. SY 4692 3/185 II 2. 1844 (datestone with "I.H.P." on west double gable: but the company has been in existence since 1665, and there was a building on the site at the time of Hutchins' map, 1773). Rubble. Pitched slate roof with coped gable ends. 3 storeys. 8 ranges of segment-headed, 3-light casements with lead glazing bars: 1 window on 2nd floor is round-arched. Brick modillion eaves cornice to part of front. Contemporary residential extension southwards at west end. Stucco. Pitched slate roof with coped gables. 2 storeys. Band, 3 ranges casements with glazing bars and hoodmoulds. Railings along south side of forecourt: contemporary, iron, vine leaf design that is found in many places in Bridport(c.f Nos 52 to 58 West Bay Road). The court in the office of Bridport Gundry Ltd., an amalgamation of nearly all the local twine and net companies. It is therefore both the largest and oldest established employer of labour in Bridport. Listing NGR: SY4641493009

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