Gloucester Row (Terrace) With Area Railings

WEYMOUTH

SY6879 ESPLANADE 873-1/21/154 (West side) 12/12/53 Nos.96 AND 97 Gloucester Row (terrace), with area railings (Formerly Listed as: ESPLANADE Nos.93-99 (Consecutive) Gloucester Row)

GV II

Formerly known as: Nos.7-13 ESPLANADE. 2 houses, centre unit of terrace. c1790. Rendered,some painted brickwork, slate roofs. This pair is the centre section to a former terrace of 8, on a grander scale, with the parapet height approx 1m above the remainder. The property has a double roof with internal valley gutter. Nos 93-95 (qv) remain to the left, Nos 98 & 99 (qv) to the right, on the corner with King Street, has been replaced. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, attic and basement, each 3 windows, all plain sashes. Each has 2 hipped dormers. The first-floor openings are taken down to floor level with a balcony, and the ground-floor windows are arched, in rustication, with voussoirs. To the left of each an arched opening has a 6-panel fielded door under a fanlight (plain to No.97), on 5+2 nosed steps. A full-width c1820s verandah on paired cast-iron brackets has decorative balustrade, and vertical decorative standards carrying a tent hood. Moulded cornice, blocking course and parapet; 6 brick stacks. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: each house has the original spearhead railings and returns, and a gate to stone steps to the basements. This pair, which formerly had unrendered brickwork to the top storey, is as built, except for the loss of glazing bars. (RCHME: Dorset, South-East: London: 1970-: 355).

Listing NGR: SY6802679482