Listed Building record MDO10449 - Up Cerne Manor House, Up Cerne, Up Cerne

An early C17 Manor House, though possibly incorporating some earlier work, the service wing has a late C17 or early C18 west front, and there have been considerable alterations and additions of 1892, 1909 and later C20. Constructed of dressed rubble and ashlar and the service wing with brick facing west . The roofs are gable-ended, stone slated, with stone copings and stone stacks in various locations. The Manor House has 2 storeys and attics and irregular fenestration. The main range is of an E plan with forward facing gables and stone mullioned windows. The service wing's west facade has stone mullioned windows and a 4-centred arch doorway. A single storey wing to the west of the service range appears to be largely C20 though incorporating some earlier stonework. There are a number of pieces of stone carving reset in the walls, including foliage carved corbels, ballflower and head corbels of C14 , probably taken from Cerne Abbey.

Up Cerne Manor House was built or rebuilt by Sir Robert Mellor (d 1624) early in the 17th century, and incorporates some re-used material probably from Cerne Abbey. The north wing was added in the late 17th century and the house was extensively altered in the 19th century. <1>

UP Cerne Manor House. <3>

The "Manor House", (name confirmed) is outstanding retaining external features of the 17th century. Correctly shown at 1:2500 on PFD. <4>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 86-87 (Monograph). SDO97.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1962 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 65820268) Manor House (NR)

<3> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 432-3 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<4> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 28-OCT-76 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 198964 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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