137 And 139 With Front Boundary Wall

PORTLAND

SY6873 HIGH STREET, Fortuneswell 969-1/3/109 (South side) 24/09/53 Nos.137 AND 139 137 and 139 with front boundary wall

GV II

Pair of houses in row. Probably mid C18, but re-fenestrated in early C19. Portland ashlar, slate roof. Probably built as one house, with mullioned windows, similar to No 135 (qv) adjoining, but now in two small properties. Two storeys and attic, each 1-windowed. All windows are set to flush plat band surrounds, to No 137 are 6-pane, and to No 139, 15-pane sashes Raking domer with 12-pane sash to No 139 only. Central paired doors under remains of a moulded architrave to former door: No 137 is C19 four-panel, moulded, and No 139 is 6-panel part glazed. To right is stone stack to skirt and capping, brick stack left. Interior not inspected. Subsidiary features: from left party boundary a wall in large stone block to c 1.3m height runs forward to low front boundary. One of the best group of houses remaining in Underhill. (Royal Commission on Historical Monuments: Dorset: London: 1970-: 255).

Listing NGR: SY6852673356