Royal Terrace With Railings

This is a house in a terrace, built in 1816 in Weymouth. It was originally known as No.12 Royal Terrace. The front is of painted brickwork, the rear of brick in an English garden wall bond, with a slate roof. The house has a double-depth plan and a double roof over a central valley, with a side entrance leading to a rear dogleg staircase and a lower service wing.

The exterior is three storeys high with three windows on each floor, all plain sash windows. There are two late 19th-century gabled dormers with decorative bargeboards and finials above three sash windows at the second and first floors; the first-floor windows are set back to a full-width stone balcony with a cast-iron balustrade. The basement is rendered with replacement windows. A stone staircase with eight steps and nosings leads to a two-order arch over the original panelled front door, which has a reeded transom and a plain fanlight. Other external features include a plain band beneath the balcony, a moulded cornice, a blocking course, and a parapet. Two stacks are located to the right. Original spearhead railings run across the front of the house, returning to the main door, with a gate to the right providing access to a flight of stone steps to the basement. A two-storey service wing has a bowed oriel window with an 8:12:8-pane design, with a lateral stack to the parapet.

Royal Terrace was originally planned as 18 houses, built in two phases; No.73 was the last of the first phase. A straight joint in the face brickwork distinguishes it from the adjoining No.72, marking the break in construction. The house is one of the better-preserved frontages, and would be enhanced by the reinstatement of glazing bars. The interior has not been inspected.