Promenade Shelter to East of Number 135 is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1997. Shelter. 4 related planning applications.
Promenade Shelter to East of Number 135
- WRENN ID
- hushed-bonework-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1997
- Type
- Shelter
- Address
- Promenade Shelter to East of Number 135, Esplanade, Weymouth, DT4 7NG
- OS grid reference
- SY 681 797
- Coordinates
- 50.61665, -2.45146
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The promenade shelter located to the east of number 135 on the Esplanade in Weymouth is a late 19th-century structure. It features castings by Jeffreys of Westminster and is made from cast iron and wood with a lead roof. The low-pitched hipped roof has small gablets and is adorned with intricate decorative details along the ridge and finials, as well as eaves beneath a plain frieze. The shelter is open-sided and consists of two bays supported by three pairs of slender turned wood columns, which have cast-iron brackets. The ceiling is formed by a grid of moulded beams and a panelled soffit divided into twelve compartments, with diagonal 'dragon beams' in the corner bays.
The shelter includes glazed central and end screens that feature a central mullion and a transom at the height of the brackets. Wooden slatted seats are attached to cast-iron brackets. Extending from the promenade over the beach is a corresponding balcony with four by one bays, supported by cast-iron standards with scrolled stays and two horizontal rails that return at the ends, all resting on a framework of cast-iron beams. A small cast plate on the south end above the seating indicates 'J. JEFFREYS/ ....& CAST IRON/ 10 GREAT QUEEN STREET/ WESTMINSTER'. This shelter is one of seven similar structures in the area, well-maintained, and is one of two near the promenade edge that features its own section of balcony, making it the northernmost of the group.
Local climate
Promenade Shelter to East of Number 135 receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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