Promenade Shelter Opposite Edwardes Statue

The Promenade Shelter opposite Edwardes Statue in Weymouth is a late 19th-century structure made of cast iron and wood. It features timber glazed panels and a painted wood roof. The low-pitched hipped roof is adorned with small gablets and intricate decorative cast-iron details along the ridge and eaves, creating an open-sided shelter with two bays supported by three pairs of slender turned wood columns. These columns are complemented by cast-iron fretted brackets, a grid of moulded beams, and a panelled soffit divided into twelve compartments, with diagonal 'dragon beams' in the corner bays. The glazed screens include a central mullion and a transom at the height of the brackets, while wooden slatted seats are mounted on cast-iron scrolled brackets.

Extending from the promenade over the beach is a corresponding balcony with four by one bays, featuring cast-iron standards with scrolled stays and two horizontal rails that return at the ends, all supported by cast-iron beams. This shelter is one of seven similar structures in the area, well-maintained, and is one of two near the promenade edge that includes its own balcony. It is the southernmost of the group. Although the original lead-covered roof has been replaced with a painted timber imitation, the rest of the detailing remains original.