Listed Building record MDO11777 - 13 Downes Street, Bridport

No. 13 Downes Street was built as 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. Unlike the other houses in the terrace no. 13 was a combination of a domestic house with warehousing. The north elevation has two loading doors. (1)

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)

No. 13 was the final house to be built at the northern end of the terrace and was a two-bay house with a façade matching the others in the terrace. The north elevation is more industrial in character, built of stone rubble with loading doors on first and second floors and a dovecote in the gable. (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 Jones, B V and Williams, M, 2002, Bridport: An Assessment of Townscape & Buildings, 68 (Unpublished document).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

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

<34> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 2K/04689 (Index). SDO14738.

DOWNES STREET

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Dec 18 2023 3:48PM