Listed Building: NEWTON HOUSE (102473)

ST 7813 STURMINSTER NEWTON NEWTON (SOUTH SIDE) Newton House 9/95 4.10.60 G.V. II House, dated 1789 but possibly with earlier core. Rubble and ashlar, north façade roughcast. Half-hipped tiled roof with 2 brick stacks each one-third in from ends. Classical derailing applied to an asymmetric front. 2 storeys and attic, 5 bays. All windows except the upper floor central are 6-pane sashes with vertical glazing bars in moulded architraves. Central porch with Doric columns and dentilled entablature. Entablature bears triglyphs and medallions in the frieze. The capitals of the columns bear flower motifs. The porch supports a canted bay,with 4-pane wooden sashes. 2 gabled dormers with 2-light wooden casements with horizontal glazing bars. The left stack bears a date stone. The right stack is C20. To the rear is a thatched brick wing. "RCHM, Dorset Vol III", HMSO 1970, p 284, No 54. Listing NGR: ST7814313411

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