Listed Building record MDO12505 - 34 West Street, Bridport

A house built in the in the later part of the 18th century, formerly the residence of Samuel Gundry. It was converted into a shop in the mid 19th century and the shopfront extended in the early 20th century.

House, probably of mid-late 18th century date. It may have orginally been the White Hart, which was burnt down in 1777, then rebuilt by Samuel Gundry as his home (1). Two storeyed house with attics of red brick house with rusticated stone quoins (2). It has a moulded eaves cornice and a panelled parapet wall. At first floor level is a central Venetian window with stone columns and pilasters and four square-headed sash windows.There are panels of vitrified brick between the windows. Two hipped dormers in attic. The ground floor has full width shop front. Originally there was a mid 19th century shop front confined to the right hand side of the building and a central doorway. In the early 20th century (between 1905-1909) the doorway was moved and the shopfront extended across the full width of the frontage. The fascia above the shopfront is supported on re-used 19th century Doric columns. A photograph of the earlier shop arrangement was published in the Bridport News in 1905 (3).

<1> Sims, R, 2007, Inns and Public Houses of Bridport (Monograph). SDO10540.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 51 (Monograph). SDO97.

<3> 1905, Supplement to the Jubilee Number of the Bridport News, June 23rd 1905, 4 (Article in serial). SDO10544.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 867952 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 30 2024 11:14AM