247-259, WEYBOURNE ROAD

991/3/71 WEYBOURNE ROAD 09-JUL-10 ALDERSHOT 247-259 (Formerly listed as: WEYBOURNE ROAD ALDERSHOT 47-59)

II

Also Known As: THE DOG KENNELS, ALDERSHOT FOX AND HOUNDS INN, ALDERSHOT Row of former cottages and former public house with its origins in the C17; also C18 and C20 alterations; brick, some timber framing, tile roofing.

DESCRIPTION: Irregular terrace of two-storeyed cottages. No. 247 (Gate End) projects forward and finishes with a lesser gable of c1900; Nos. 249-255 is a taller block with a mansard roof; Nos. 257 and 259 comprise wider, lower units, ending in a rustic/picturesque feature of c1900. Roofing is in tile mostly half-hipped with brick dentil eaves. Nos. 257 and 259 have patterned tile-hanging to first floor. Walling is mainly red brick but there are several blue headers; mainly English but some Monk bond. Cambered arches to openings; casements, with square leaded lights; simple doors. Ground floor of No. 257 is partly wood-framed, brick-nogged; No. 257 has a large open porch, with a gabled tile roof on an open wooden frame, on a brick walled base.

Part of this group was the original Fox and Hounds Inn. Known as 'The Dog Kennels', hence the nearby Dog Kennel Bridge.

HISTORY: Dating to C17 and C18, with C20 alterations.

REASON FOR DESIGNATION: Nos. 247-259 Weybourne Road, Aldershot, an irregular terrace of cottages of C17 origin, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Architecture: an attractive and idiosyncratic group of cottages with pleasing vernacular detailing. * History: cottages of early origin with later modificiations which enhance the architectural composition.

Listing NGR: SU8608751108