Listed Building record MDO11772 - 3 Downes Street, Bridport

Nos. 3 and 5 Downes Street were built as a pair of houses, part of a terrace of three-storey red brick houses (Nos. 3-13), erected piecemeal but in a matching style along the west side of Downes Street, laid out by Samuel and William Downe in 1792-1795.

Part of a planned Georgian development instigated by Samuel and William Downe, who laid out the street in 1792-1795. Nos. 3-13 (odd) Downes Street is a terrace of three-storey red brick houses, erected piecemeal but in a matching style woth stone plinths and a matching band at second floor height. The entrances are grouped in pairs with 6-panelled doors and semicircular fanlights. The windows are sashes with concealed sash boxes. There are very small yards behind (1)

Nos. 3 and 5 were built as a pair, each house having a three-bay façade.(1)

<1> Jones, B V and Williams, M, 2002, Bridport: An Assessment of Townscape & Buildings, 68 (Unpublished document). SDO10497.

<2> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 2K/04647 (Index). SDO14738.

13 DOWNES STREET

<3> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 2K/04689 (Index). SDO14738.

DOWNES STREET

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1511132 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 18 2023 3:46PM