Listed Building record MDO11120 - The Manor House, North Street, Beaminster

A manor house built in the late eighteenth century and remodelled in 1822 by Underwood. The building has stone walls with stucco and rusticated quoins and a hipped slate roof with a moulded cornice, and a plain parapet. The interior contains a ceiling paintin by Casali and a marble fireplace, both from Fonthill.

Additional architectural reference. <2>

Manor house and stable block. Late C18 and 1822 remodelling by Underwood. Stone walls, stuccoed. Rusticated quoins with a moulded cornice and plain parapet. Slate roof, hipped. Stable block [Full architectural description]. <4>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 23 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(6) THE MANOR HOUSE (Plate 78), 420 yards E.N.E. of the church, is of two and three storeys with attics and cellars. The walls are of finely finished ashlar and the roofs are slate-covered. It was rebuilt late in the 18th century and altered and considerably enlarged in 1822; plans prepared by G.A. Underwood are preserved in the house. It incorporates a ceiling-panel and fireplace from Fonthill; the former consists of a painting by Andrea Casali of the Feast of the Gods (Plate 76) and the fireplace, late 18th century, has scenes from the Trojan War (Plate 77). One small room is lined with early 18th century panelling with a dado-rail, from Clifton Maybank. The Stables, E. of the house, were built c. 1670 and greatly resemble those at Mapperton, they are of one storey, ashlar-faced; the mullion and transom windows have architraves and pediments; the carriage-entrance is probably of 1863. In the garden, E. of the house, is a gateway made up of fragments from Clifton Maybank. These include mid 16th century enriched pinnacles and shafts with string-courses and later terminals; between them is the archway with moulded jambs and four-centred head. The great Avenue to the N.E. of the house ending at the Pinnacles, a gateway placed for scenic effect on White Sheet Hill, was laid out late in the 18th century. There is a Grotto to the N.W. of the lake.'

<2> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 23 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1981 (Map). SDO17396.

[Name ST 48250141] Manor House [NAT]

<4> Department of the Environment, 1983, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: District of West Dorset, 35 (Scheduling record). SDO16336.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 619199 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Oct 10 2022 12:47PM