Listed Building record MDO12813 - Paynes Place, 7 New Road, Shaftesbury

A house in 'Gothic' style with a date stone inscribed 1851. The house is thought to be on the site of a medieval building, the seat of the Payne family.

Payne's Place was the ancient seat of the Payne family who held lands at Motcombe in 1455. All that remained in Hutchins time (1779) was an old gateway and some of the offices. <1>

The present house appears to be completely modern and bears a date-stone - 1851. The farm buildings seem to be contemporary and no visible remains of the medieval building were found during field investigation. <4>

Payne's Place is a Gothic style building of two storeys and attic built in 1851. <3>

<1> Shipp, W (ed), 1868, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 3 (Monograph). SWX3207.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1929 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 86132345) Payne's Place (NAT)

<3> Department of the Environment, 1973, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Dorset (Borough of Shaftesbury), 55 (Scheduling record). SDO16496.

<4> Edwards, D G, Field investigator comments DGE, F1 DGE 30-JAN-56 (Unpublished document). SDO18014.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 206487 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 1 2022 11:55AM