Listed Building record MDO12533 - The Court, West Street, Bridport

A late 18th or early 19th century three-storey building, formerly a warehouse or workshop, part of the Court Mills Complex, now offices. There are at least four phases of development of this building, two of which are dated 1838 and 1844. It is on the site of earlier buildings, but it is unclear whether any parts of these have been incorporated into the existing buildings.

The Court, West Street. 1844 (datestone with `I.H.P.' on West double gable). The Court is the office of Bridport Gurdry Ltd., an amalgamation of nearly all of the local twine and net companies (est.1665). It is the largest and oldest established employer in Bridport. <5>

A three storeyed former warehouse or workshop, part of the Court Mills Complex, now offices. A stone rubble building with pitched slate roof and eight ranges of segment-headed windows. At the west end is a contemporary residential extension southwards. There are at least four phases of development of this building, two of which are dated 1838 and 1844 <7>. There is a datestone with "I. H. P. 1844" on the west gable.

The building is on the site of earlier buildings shown on Hutchins' 1774 map <1>, but it is unclear whether any parts of these have been incorporated into the existing buildings <7>.

<1> Pryce, B, 1774, Plan of Bridport (Map). SDO10532.

<2> Kelly's Directories Ltd, 1848, Kelly's Directory of Dorsetshire (Monograph). SDO19102.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, Dorset Sheet XXXVIII.10, Surveyed 1887-8, Published 1890 (Map). SWX1197.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1968 (Map). SWX1197.

(SY 4641 9300) Court House [NAT]

<5> Department of the Environment, 1975, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: District of West Dorset (Bridport area), 163 (Scheduling record). SDO16417.

<6> Stanier, Peter, 1989, Dorset's Industrial Heritage, 38 (Monograph). SWX1300.

<7> Jones, B V and Williams, M, 2002, Bridport: An Assessment of Townscape & Buildings, 58 (Unpublished document). SDO10497.

<8> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/063 South West Textile Mills Project (Unpublished document). SDO17323.

<9> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 2K/04639 (Index). SDO14738.

THE COURT (FORMERLY COURT MILLS)

<10> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 2K/04723 (Index). SDO14738.

COURT MILLS

<11> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 2K/07190 (Index). SDO14738.

COPIES OF IMAGES HELD AT THE MUSEUM OF NET MANUFACTURE. Photographic reproductions 17 June 2004 of images held at Museum of Net Manufacture, Uploders.

<12> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 2K/08440 (Index). SDO14738.

BRIDPORT SURVEY

<13> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF111624 (Index). SDO14738.

Bridport Project

<14> Historic England, Historic England Archive, DP000825 (Index). SDO14738.

Exterior view of part of the south elevation at The Court (formerly Court Mills), West Street, Bridport

<15> National Record of the Historic Environment, 868064 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 21 2022 3:11PM