Listed Building record MDO13246 - 116 West Borough, Wimborne Minster

Eighteenth century house with brick walls in Flemish Bond with burnt headers, brick dentil cornice at eaves and a tiled roof with a brick chimney stack.

(SU 00910055) A late 18th century house, of two storeys with brick walls and a tiled roof, has a west front, of
three bays,. It has a central doorway in an elaborate wooded doorcase, perhaps brought from elsewhere, with enriched jambs and brackets and an open-pediment hood. The large sashed windows have shallow segmental heads. There are later extensions at the rear, into which the stairs have been removed. <1>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 91 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘(78) HOUSE, of two storeys with brick walls and a tiled roof, is of the late 18th century. The W. front (Plate 72) is symmetrical and of three bays, with a central doorway in an elaborate wooden door-case, perhaps brought from elsewhere, with enriched jambs and brackets and an open-pediment hood. The large sashed windows have shallow segmental heads. The plan is of class T, with later extensions at the rear, into which the stairs have been removed.’

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213283 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 9 2023 10:06AM