Listed Building record MDO10089 - Fordington House, Icen Way, Dorchester

A house built around the middle of the eighteenth century. The building has one wall of red brick, and the others are covered in stucco. Decorative features include an eaves cornice with modillions and egg-and-dart moulding.

Fordington House, a brick building, partly stuccoed of two storeys and attics built in the second half of the 18th century and a substantial west wing added in the early 19th century. The original house has been much altered, having had a modern pedimented feature added to the south front and a modern portico to the north. The interior has been remodelled to form flats. The grounds are enclosed by rubble walls containing a main entrance from Icen Way with ashlar gate piers surmounted by ball finials. <1>

No change; name confirmed (nameplate). See ground photograph. <3>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 1, 129-130 (Monograph). SDO148.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1 to 25 inch scale map, 1971 (Map). SDO18020.

(SY 69859024) Fordington House (NAT)

<3> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 10-OCT-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453547 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 22 2024 7:24PM