Listed Building record MDO11622 - 1 The Square, Wimborne Minster

(SU 00920008). A house on the east side of the street named West Borough at the corner of The Square is of two storeys with attics, and has brick walls and a tiled roof. It dates from the second half of the 18th century, but the ground floor has been extensively changed in recent times to fit it as a bank. The south elevation retains a Venetian window in the uper storey. The three bay west front has two plain sashed windows in each storey. <1>

No 1 The Square, Wimborne (Barclays Bank) (formerly listed under West Borough). <2>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 90 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘(58) HOUSE, on the E. side of the street at the corner of The Square, is of two storeys with attics and has brick walls and a tiled roof; it dates from the second half of the 18th century, but the ground floor has been extensively changed in recent times to fit it as a bank. The S. elevation retains a Venetian window in the upper storey; the three-bay W. front has two plain sashed windows in each storey and, on the S., a false Venetian window in the upper storey. Inside, the stairs from the first floor to the attic have cut strings with scroll-shaped spandrels, vase-and-column balusters, square newel-posts, stout moulded handrails, and dados with fielded panelling. The main first floor room has a stone chimneypiece with an eared architrave and scrolled cheek-pieces; it is flanked by ogee-headed niches with panelled reveals. The adjacent room has a dado with fielded panelling.’

<2> Department of the Environment, 1983, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Wimborne District, 42 (Scheduling record). SDO20081.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213263 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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