Portland Steam Laundry
The Portland Steam Laundry is a former commercial laundry at Brymers Avenue in Fortuneswell. It was opened in 1900 by the Portland Steam Laundry Company Ltd and remained in business until the late 1950s. It then became an engineering workshop until 2005, then briefly an arts centre in 2010-11, and is now derelict.
The former laundry is one of the area's most prominent reminders of Portland's industrial past. It became a Grade II listed building in March 2019 and is also considered a landmark building within the conservation area of Underhill.
History
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References
The following is an A-Z list of references for this page.
1) Companies House - Blacknor Technology Limited - Filing History - website page
2) Companies House - Portland Engineering Company Limited - Filing History - website page
3) Dorset for You - W&PBC - Planning Application Details - WP/89/00315/FUL - website page
4) Historic England - The National Heritage List for England - Former Portland Steam Laundry - website page
5) Lawton Webster & Co - Plan of Proposed Steam Laundry, St Martin's Estate, Portland, Dorset - 1899 - (held in the archives of the Dorset History Centre under D-CMY/202)
6) Suggested layout for proposed swimming bath at the Portland Steam Laundry, Brymer's Avenue - 1958 - plans (held in the archives of the Portland Heritage Study Centre)
7) The British Newspaper Archive - various contemporary newspaper articles including in the Southern Times - website page
The former laundry is one of the area's most prominent reminders of Portland's industrial past. It became a Grade II listed building in March 2019 and is also considered a landmark building within the conservation area of Underhill.
History
PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
References
The following is an A-Z list of references for this page.
1) Companies House - Blacknor Technology Limited - Filing History - website page
2) Companies House - Portland Engineering Company Limited - Filing History - website page
3) Dorset for You - W&PBC - Planning Application Details - WP/89/00315/FUL - website page
4) Historic England - The National Heritage List for England - Former Portland Steam Laundry - website page
5) Lawton Webster & Co - Plan of Proposed Steam Laundry, St Martin's Estate, Portland, Dorset - 1899 - (held in the archives of the Dorset History Centre under D-CMY/202)
6) Suggested layout for proposed swimming bath at the Portland Steam Laundry, Brymer's Avenue - 1958 - plans (held in the archives of the Portland Heritage Study Centre)
7) The British Newspaper Archive - various contemporary newspaper articles including in the Southern Times - website page
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