Listed Building record MDO11809 - 43 East Street, Bridport

Two-storeyed 17th century house with cob walls and slate roof (1). It has a shopfront with moulded cornice, turned glazing bars and panelled pilasters.

18th/early 19th century, refronted in mid-19th century. Stucco. Nos 41 and 43 are 17th century and have cob walls. Pitched slate roofs. Red brick stacks. Two storeys. Six windows on 1st floor, three with glazing bars, and three with shouldered architraves. Nos 45 and 47 have rusticated quoins. No 41 has door with flush panels, panelled reveals and soffit, shopfront with moulded cornice, turned glazing bars and oblong, fanlight over reeded transom. No 43 has shopfront with moulded cornice, timed glazing bars and panelled pilasters. Some sashes with marginal glazing bars in rears Rear of No 45 was a smithy and retains floor of herringbone brickwork and stone setts. Rear of No 49 has rubble extension with stone slate roof and tall red brick stack. Nos 37 to 47 (odd), the Unitarian Chapel, the Public Library, and Nos 53 to 57 (odd) form a group. <3>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West) (Monograph). SDO97.

<2> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF105085 (Index). SDO14738.

41-47 EAST STREET, BRIDPORT

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1319090 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 22 2022 4:21PM