Listed Building record MDO12380 - 29 West Allington, Bridport

Late 18th or early 19th century two-storey red brick house with panelled parapet. There is an elaborate mid 19th century shop front at the west end with fascia boards with foliated scrollwork.

Late 18th or early 19th century two-storey red brick house. It has round-headed windows in brick wall-arches with round heads. Parapet wall with stucco pilasters and sunk stucco panels.It has a shop front in the west end, probably inserted in the mid 19th century. The elaborate shop front has moulded pilasters with capitals incorporating flowers, animals and birds, foliated cast iron mullions to the windows. The fascia boards have foliated scrollwork. The shopfront was apparently built for a tailor in 1845 and has always been a local curiosity. (1)

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 51 (Monograph). SDO97.

<2> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF111624 (Index). SDO14738.

Bridport Project

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 867485 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 21 2022 6:39PM