Listed Building record MDO6832 - The Custom House, Poole

Custom house, built in 1781 as a rebuilding of the Red Lion Coffee House. Rebuilt in 1814 following a fire. Flemish bond brickwork with stone dressings and rubbed brick arches, ridge and a rear lateral stacks and a hipped slate roof. Porch with Tuscan columns and entablature to double panelled doors, above a keyed, segmental-arched basement doorway with half-glazed door, and approached by symmetrical segmental curved stairs with wrought-iron railings.

Custom House is of three storeys, built of brick, with a hipped, slate roof. It was built soon after the destruction by fire in April 1813 of the previous custom house, of which it was a replica in form though not in detail. The earlier building was itself a late 18th century rebuilding of the 'Red Lion Coffee House'. Scheduled. <2-3>

Custom House, Grade 2*. Built 1781, altered 1814. Otherwise, similar description to <2>. <4>

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1937 (Map). SWX1197.

PMO122/DR22(SZ 00879030) Custom House (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2, 204-5 (Monograph). SDO149.

<3> DOE, 1978, Scheduled Monument Notification DOE (IAM) AMs Eng 2 1978, 83 (Scheduling record). SDO17448.

<4> DOE (HRR), 30 June 1980, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Borough of Poole 1980, 54 (Scheduling record). SWX3744.

<5> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 2K/07508 (Index). SDO14738.

THE CUSTOM HOUSE

<6> Historic England, Historic England Archive, AA53/02646 (Index). SDO14738.

A view of the Custom House on The Quay at Poole, from the south-west

<7> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BB44/01331 (Index). SDO14738.

A view of The Quay at Poole, looking east towards the Custom House

<8> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF097942 (Index). SDO14738.

THE CUSTOM HOUSE, THE QUAY, POOLE

<9> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF110930 (Index). SDO14738.

England's Landscapes

<10> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OP24615 (Index). SDO14738.

A view of the Custom House on The Quay at Poole, from the south-west

<11> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OP24616 (Index). SDO14738.

A view of The Quay at Poole, looking north-east towards the Custom House: This print was received by the National Buildings Record on 4th December 1946.

<12> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OP24617 (Index). SDO14738.

A view of The Quay at Poole, looking east towards the Custom House

<13> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458286 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 29 2024 3:38PM