Tenastelion

PORTLAND

SY6873 HIGH STREET, Fortuneswell 969-1/3/106 (North side) 21/09/78 Nos.62 AND 64 Tenastelion (64)

GV II

Pair of houses at end of row. Mid C18. Portland ashlar, slate roof. A house of higher quality than most in the area, with a 3-bay symmetrical front and coupled central doors to formal classical portico. Two storeys and attic. Two 2-light flat-roofed dormers above 3 plate-glass sashes at first floor and 2 at ground floor; these in moulded stone architraves with swept feet on stooled cills. Central Roman Doric portico with three-quarter columns carrying fluted frieze and moulded flat cornice, with two C20 intrusive doors separated by a plain stone pilaster, all on two stone steps. Plinth, rusticated alternating quoins and moulded stone eaves cornice; raised coped verges to kneelers, rendered gable stack, left, and brick stack, right. Interior to No 64 retains, first-floor front, a fully panelled room, with dado and main panels raised and fielded, frieze with anthemion decoration, and fireplace with pulvinated frieze and eared architrave; some panelled window shutters also remain. (Royal Commission on Historical Monuments: Dorset: London: 1970-: 255).

Listing NGR: SY6859173390