Weston

SY 8280, SY 8279, SY 8180, SY 8179, SY 8379 17/281 WEST LULWORTH BRITWELL DRIVE (West Side)

Weston

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House. Built 1927, Architect Sir Edwin Lutyens. Brick walls, tiled roofs, brick stacks. Split-level plan on steeply sloping site. Part three-storeys and part two-storeys - with attics. Main (east) elevation has projecting wings at each end. Centre section has slight projection in centre, with pedimented parapet. Entrance, in this section, has enclosed classic portico with Tuscan columns and entablature, in unstained timber. Panelled door. Central section has, on ground floor, one stained timber casement window with lead lights. First and second floors each have three similar windows. North wing has one similar window on first and second floors, (ground floor below ground here). South wing has one similar window on ground, first and second floors. Attached garage in front of south wing has brick walls and half-hipped tiled roof with weatherboarded gable. Rear elevation has two-storeyed bay window with hipped roofs and casements as on front. Attics have hipped dormers with similar casements. Stained timber glazed doors ornamental lead rainwater heads, and cistern marked "Guys Hospital 1775". Modern glazed timber extension to rear wing. Internally, main staircase in unstained timber has plain balusters and handrail. Second stair has heavy turned balusters. Main living room has raised panel dado stone fireplace flanked by carved Corinthian pilasters. Housekeeper's room has carved panelling, and niche by fireplace with rusticated arch. The only Lutyens house in Dorset.

Listing NGR: SY8189080024