45 and 46, Broad Street

The building at 45 and 46 Broad Street dates from the early to mid-18th century, incorporating elements of the earlier Great House. Part of the original Great House is believed to survive in the rear wing. The front facade is a three-storey, three-bay design with a slate roof and stuccoed front. It features a moulded cornice and parapet. The second floor has sash windows with glazing bars. The first floor has French casements with margin lights, opening onto an iron balcony. A modern shop front occupies the left-hand side on the ground floor. At the right-hand end, a house door, accessed by steps, has ledged reveals and a four-panelled door with a rectangular fanlight above. A plaque on the building notes that the site was once part of the Great House of Lyme Regis, and that in 1773 it was a residence for William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, and his son, William Pitt, and later, from 1796 to 1797, the home of Mary Russell Mitford. Nos 45 to 65 Broad Street are considered a group.