Listed Building record MDO11194 - Eastway House, 5 East Street, Blandford Forum

Brick house possibly built after 1731 as the Bastards' map shows a building in the same building line as umbers 1 to 3 and 7 to 17 East Street, whereas the present house is set well back.

(ST 88790638) EASTWAY HOUSE is in the part of East street which was spared by the 1731 fire, but Bastard's town plan shows a building close to the street whereas the present house is set appreciably back from the building line; hence the house is probably of the post-fire period. The main doorcase and the shaped parapet and urns of the N. front are perhaps mid 18th-century additions to a facade of c. 1735. The plan is two rooms deep and is covered with a double roof, but the rear drawing-room may be another addition of c. 1750. The N. front shows interesting rococo tendencies and the rococo plasterwork of the interior is noteworthy. <1-2>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 29 (Monograph). SDO146.

<2> DOE (HHR), 1973, DOE (HHR) Blandford Forum RD Dorset September 1973, 9 (Scheduling record). SDO17703.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205516 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 28 2022 10:28AM