Listed Building: DIGBY ESTATE. SHERBORNE YOUTH CLUB. EAST PART OF RANGE, NOW IN OWNERSHIP OF LORD DIGBY'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. (104086)

NEWLAND 1. 1625 (North Side) Digby Estate No 31. Sherborne Youth Club. East Part of Range, now in ownership of Lord Digby's School for Girls. ST 6316 1/179A II GV 2. All these parts form one block, early C18 and C19, and originally comprised probably outbuildings to Sherborne House; a block of similar shape is shown on John Ladd's map of 1733. The east part of this range was formerly included under map reference 179; it is still in the grounds of Sherborne House and is separated from No 31 and from the Sherborne Youth Club by a low wall of stone rubble. No 31 and Youth Club in C19 Tudor Gothic style; formerly the meeting place of the Sherborne Literary Institute, which was later known as the Macready Institute (see item 179). Stone front. Slate roof. Stone mullioned windows. No 31 projects forward from west end of block. 2 storeys. Hipped gable end. 2-light windows above and below in gable end. Doorway with pointed head in east return. Youth Club occupies East-west centre wing. 1 storey and attic. Central doorway with pointed head, flanked to either side by a single-light window and to outer edges by two 2-light windows. East projecttion accessible from grounds of Lord Digby's School. Hipped gable end with stone slates at eaves. Later gabled dormer. Stone quoins. Coved cornice. 1 large segmental headed doorway below. Long 2 storey and attic range to rear, seemingly of earlier C18 date, with coved cornice and dormers. [See G H D Pitman, "Exploring Sherborne" p 63]. Digby Estate No 31, Sherborne Youth Club, East part of same range, Sherborne House, Front and rear garden walls of Sherborne House, No 41, The Manor House, 3 cottages next to The Manor House, 2 cottages adjoining, Nos 57 to 93 (odd) and north-east boundary wall to Newland Close form a group. Listing NGR: ST6386316924

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