4, Market Close

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SZ0190NW MARKET CLOSE 958-1/16/79 (West side) 16/06/54 No.4

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Formerly known as: No.56 MARKET STREET. Formerly known as: No.54 (part) MARKET STREET. House, now masonic lodge. Early C18 rear, late C18 front, late C19 entrance. Header bond brickwork front with stucco dressings and steep tiled roof. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys; 4-window range. Right-hand late C19 single-storey entrance bay set back with a cornice and balustrade, steps up to a keyed doorway with panelled door and flanking side lights. Main front has an English bond plinth, stucco cornice and parapet, the right-hand windows set slightly apart, with flat gauged brick arches over 6/6-pane sashes. Early C18 rear has an eaves cornice and steeply pitched roof. INTERIOR not inspected but noted as including the following features: ornately carved mahogany panelling in the dining room, reputed to be donated by Lord Wimborne from an estate in Spain; the front ground floor room contains a decorated terracotta chimney piece with Masonic symbols; the temple on the first floor is also panelled and contains ornate regalia and symbols. Former entrance in the right-hand ground-floor window. Part listed on 30.6.1980. (RCHME: County of Dorset (South East): London: 1970-: 231).

Listing NGR: SZ0101090650