165, High Street

PORTLAND

SY6873 HIGH STREET, Fortuneswell 969-1/3/114 (South side) 23/07/75 No.165

GV II

House at lower end of short row. Early C19, some parts possibly earlier. Large squared coursed block, slate or concrete slate roofs and stone end stacks. In two stepped sections: the highest, adjoining No 163 (qv) on left, is a small C20 one-storey gabled store; then a two- storey unit, slightly canted following street line, has 4-pane sash at each level to left end, and, right, a C19 raised fielded panel door, two panels glazed, in stone-cheeked porch with flat concrete slab; these two parts with concrete slate roofs. The building, which adjoins No 120 Chiswell (qv), steps down the steep incline at this point in High Street, and the return frontage faces down into Chiswell, holding an important position in the townscape.

Listing NGR: SY6847073401