Listed Building record MDO12835 - Ancient Lights, 21 St James Street, Shaftesbury

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Summary

A house thought to have been built in the seventeenth century, probably a pair of houses now merged into a single dwelling, and with many alterations. The building has walls of stone rubble and rough ashlar and a steep roof, part thatch and part covered in pantiles. The remains of a seventeenth- or early eighteenth-century chimney is at the back of the building.

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Full Description

GREENBACK List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Scheduling record). SDO19706.

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  • --- Scheduling record: GREENBACK List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 86081 22674 (13m by 12m)
Map sheet ST82SE
Civil Parish Shaftesbury; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 20 2026 11:10AM

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