Building record MDO28257 - 39 High Street, Poole

A shop of two storeys with a modern flat roof was largely rebuilt or refronted in the mid 18th century, perhaps as a private house. The front wall, is in header bond brickwork and has a 19th century shop front and five 18th century windows with moulded architraves and shaped keystones each with a moulded capping. The interior retains several moulded ceiling beams of the 16th century. Demolished before 1970

A shop of two storeys with a modern flat roof was largely rebuilt or refronted in the mid 18th century, perhaps as a private house. The front wall, is in header bond brickwork and has a 19th century shop front and five 18th century windows with moulded architraves and shaped keystones each with a moulded capping. The interior retains several moulded ceiling beams of the 16th century.
Demolished before 1970 (1)

Rescue excavations by Poole Museum on the site of the Old Orchard car park in 1973 did not record any traces of this building. (2)

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2, 224 (Monograph). SDO149.

<2> Horsey, I P, ed K Jarvis, 1992, Excavations in Poole 1973-1983, 14 (Monograph). SWX3766.

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Aug 29 2024 3:36PM