Listed Building: OAKHAYES, FORMERLY LISTED AS RECTORY (401815)

SY 49 SW SYMONDSBURY SYMONDSBURY VILLAGE 6/146 Oakhayes, formerly listed as Rectory. 7.8.52 G.V. II* Single house in garden, former large Rectory. c 1730 under Rev. W Hawkins (centre). Early C19 under Rev. G Raymond (wings). Lias ashlar walls with cornices in Portland stone. Slate roofs, all hipped. 2 clustered stacks to left and right at hip apexes. Central block (early C18). 3 storeys and cellars with 2 plat-bands and cornice. 5 bays, sashes with nearly-flush frames and projecting stone keys to all windows. Front door at centre with flush and recessed panels, panelled wooden reveals and moulded architrave. Semi-circular fanlight with glazing bars. Porch added early C19. Roman Doric columns with flat canopy over with dentil and modillion cornice. Wings are additions, of 2 storeys and one bay each. Ground floor windows, tripartite sashes with semi-circular recessed heads. South one blocked internally. South front, verandah runs length of ground floor with trelliswork supports with a flared pentice roof. Interior: Hall staircase of cantilevered spiral form to full height of house. Plain balusters, handrail and newel. Plaster oval motif to staircase ceiling with bay-leaf ornament and neo-Classical paterae. Rear staircase window with panelled reveals, round head with intersecting glazing bars. 7 internal metal fanlights over doors, of good design. White marble fireplaces to Dining Room and Drawing Room of neo-Classical design. Moulded plaster cornices and dado-rails. 6 panel doors and window shutters intact. "RCHM, Dorset I", p 238 (3). Listing NGR: SY4441193592

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