Listed Building record MDO12763 - 17 Gold Hill, Shaftesbury

17th or early 18th century house. It has been much altered. The original building, with a class-S plan, was extended on the north and south in the 19th century. The west front has been rebuilt in brickwork.

(ST 8624 8723. No. 17 Gold Hill sited from OS 2500 1965).
No. 17 Gold Hill. C17th or early C18th. Grade II. <1-2>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 69 (Monograph). SDO99.

Gold Hill is a steep lane connecting High Street with St. James's Street (Plate 64). On the W. it is flanked by a high stone wall (75), and on the E. by a number of cottages. Unless otherwise described the cottages are of the 18th century and are two-storeyed, with rubble walls and tiled roofs; the plans generally are of class S.
(74) Cottage, No. 17, is probably of the late 17th century, but much altered. The original building, with a class-S plan, was extended on the N. and S. in the 19th century; the W. front has been rebuilt in brickwork.

<2> Department of the Environment, 1973, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Dorset (Borough of Shaftesbury), 33 (Scheduling record). SDO16496.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 914145 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jun 27 2023 2:57PM