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Lyme Regis (/ ˌ l aɪ m ˈ r iː dʒ ɪ s / LYME REE-jiss) is a town in west Dorset, England, 25 miles (40 km) west of Dorchester and east of Exeter. Sometimes dubbed the "Pearl of Dorset", [ 3 ] it lies by the English Channel at the Dorset– Devon border.
Lyme Regis: House: Probably c. 1785: 27 October 1953 1230135: Belmont. More images. Roman Catholic Church of St Michael and St George. ...
A dower house is usually a moderately large house available for use by the widow of the previous owner of an English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish estate. The widow, often known as the " dowager ", usually moves into the dower house from the larger family house on the death of her husband if the heir is married, and upon his marriage if he was ...
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Belmont is a Grade II* listed country house near Lyme Regis, South West England. In the early nineteenth century it was owned by the businesswoman Eleanor Coade, famed for supplying the artificial stone known as Coade stone. The picture of Belmont below shows the pediment and front of the house adorned by numerous Coade stone mouldings.
The first guildhall in Lyme Regis dated back to the 16th century. [2] The Duke of Monmouth landed at Lyme Regis with 82 supporters, initiating the Monmouth Rebellion , on 11 June 1685. [ 3 ] As his men marched through the town, one of his supporters, a blacksmith named "Jackson", tore down the door of the guildhall.