Royal Terrace

WEYMOUTH

SY6779SE ESPLANADE 873-1/20/144 (West side) 18/06/70 No.74 Royal Terrace

GV II

Formerly known as: No.11 ROYAL TERRACE. House in terrace. 1816. Painted brick front, English garden wall bond brickwork rear, slate roof. One-room width, double-depth plan with double roof to central valley, and side entry to rear dogleg stair and lower service range. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, attic and basement, developing as full storey at rear where ground falls away. 3 windows, all plain sashes; 2 late C19 gabled dormers with decorative barge-boards, second-floor sashes have been increased in depth, with lower sills than remainder of the terrace. Ground floor has full-width C20 shop front concealing basement. Plain band at first-floor level, moulded cornice, blocking course and parapet, 2 deep stacks to right. The back retains some glazing-bar sashes, parapet, and small central dormer; there is a small 2-storey service range. Royal Terrace was originally of 18 houses, built in 2 phases: this one, part of the first phase, has lost its original ground-floor format, and all glazing bars to the front. A straight joint in the face brickwork between this property and the adjoining No.75 (qv), showing a break in the continuity of construction, which occurred elsewhere in the terrace. INTERIOR: not inspected. (RCHME: Dorset, South-East: London: 1970-: 354).

Listing NGR: SY6796479257