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247-259, Weybourne Road

A Grade II Listed Building in Aldershot, Hampshire

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Latitude: 51.2383 / 51°14'17"N

Longitude: -0.7699 / 0°46'11"W

OS Eastings: 485966

OS Northings: 149504

OS Grid: SU859495

Mapcode National: GBR D9Y.B50

Mapcode Global: VHDY2.L4TL

Plus Code: 9C3X66QJ+82

Entry Name: 247-259, Weybourne Road

Listing Date: 29 March 1963

Last Amended: 9 July 2010

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1092613

English Heritage Legacy ID: 137898

ID on this website: 101092613

Location: Weybourne, Rushmoor, Hampshire, GU11

County: Hampshire

District: Rushmoor

Electoral Ward/Division: Rowhill

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Aldershot

Traditional County: Hampshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hampshire

Church of England Parish: Aldershot St Michael the Archangel

Church of England Diocese: Guildford

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Description



991/3/71 WEYBOURNE ROAD
09-JUL-10 ALDERSHOT
247-259

(Formerly listed as:
WEYBOURNE ROAD
ALDERSHOT
47-59)

II

Also Known As: THE DOG KENNELS, ALDERSHOT
FOX AND HOUNDS INN, ALDERSHOT
Row of former cottages and former public house with its origins in the C17; also C18 and C20 alterations; brick, some timber framing, tile roofing.

DESCRIPTION:
Irregular terrace of two-storeyed cottages. No. 247 (Gate End) projects forward and finishes with a lesser gable of c1900; Nos. 249-255 is a taller block with a mansard roof; Nos. 257 and 259 comprise wider, lower units, ending in a rustic/picturesque feature of c1900. Roofing is in tile mostly half-hipped with brick dentil eaves. Nos. 257 and 259 have patterned tile-hanging to first floor. Walling is mainly red brick but there are several blue headers; mainly English but some Monk bond. Cambered arches to openings; casements, with square leaded lights; simple doors. Ground floor of No. 257 is partly wood-framed, brick-nogged; No. 257 has a large open porch, with a gabled tile roof on an open wooden frame, on a brick walled base.

Part of this group was the original Fox and Hounds Inn. Known as 'The Dog Kennels', hence the nearby Dog Kennel Bridge.

HISTORY:
Dating to C17 and C18, with C20 alterations.

REASON FOR DESIGNATION:
Nos. 247-259 Weybourne Road, Aldershot, an irregular terrace of cottages of C17 origin, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Architecture: an attractive and idiosyncratic group of cottages with pleasing vernacular detailing.
* History: cottages of early origin with later modificiations which enhance the architectural composition.

Listing NGR: SU8608751108

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