Listed Building record MDO12423 - Brody Forbes Warehouse, 3 George Street, West Bay, Bridport

A mid-late 19th century warehouse of three storeys and five bays. The walls are of hammer-dressed stone with pitched corrugated iron roof and coped gables with shaped kneelers. Segmental-arch loading door in centre of ground floor and with taking-in doors on the two storeys above. Four ranges of small windows. The south elevation has a blocked arcaded ground floor. There is a single storey lean-to extension to the east. The warehouse has been converted into offices. This warehouse was formerly part of Gundry and Ewen's Yard. <1> <2>

18th or 19th century warehouse. Hammer dressed stone with some blue lias. Pitched corrugated iron roof, coped gables on kneelers. 3 storeys. 4 ranges of fixed windows. Segmental arch in centre of ground floor with planked sliding doors. Above this opening on 1st floor bricked up, and planked double loading doors on 2nd floor. 1 storey lean-to extension to east. South elevation has arcaded ground floor (now blocked), 2 ranges of modern windows, and 1 range of planked loading doors. <6>

<1> Jones, B V, and Williams, M, 2002, Bridport: An Assessment of Townscape & Buildings, 64 (Unpublished document). SDO10497.

<2> Williams, M, 2006, Bridport and West Bay. The buildings of the flax and hemp industry, 68 (Monograph). SDO10498.

<3> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 2K/08933 (Index). SDO14738.

3 GEORGE STREET

<4> Historic England, Historic England Archive, AA049836 (Index). SDO14738.

Exterior view of north elevation of warehouse from east

<4> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF111624 (Index). SDO14738.

Bridport Project

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1511347 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 23 2024 3:45PM