Listed Building record MDO1350 - Holy Trinity Chapel, Leweston

ST 63631232 Leweston (NAT) on site of Lewston (NR). (1)

The old house was standing in 1774 and was replaced by the present house about the end of the 18th century. A 16th century chapel stands nearby. (2,3)

The house, entirely of late 18th century date, is now known as St Antonys-Leweston School name-boards). There are no visible remains of the earlier property. The 16th century domestic chapel is in normal use. Both buildings are in good repair but neither is outstanding. (4)

Church of the Holy Trinity. Grade I.
Saint Artary's Convent (formerly listed as Lewerton Manor) Grade 2*. (5)

Mentioned. (6)

The present house stands on the site of Lewertons DMV which was demolished ca 1774 when the present house was built. Lewerton is first mentioned in 1145 in the Sherborne Cartulary. Coher mentions the fine house here in 1625 had recently been "much heartified...with buildings and acher ornaments." Hutchim implies that there were 33 tenants here in the early 1770's. (7-10)

Sources ?

<1> 1866, Hutchins History of Dorset Vol 2, Hutchins J. 1870 (History of Dorset IV. Westminster: John Bower Nicholls. 128-132 (Monograph). SWX2155.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1930 (Map). SWX1540.

ST 63631232 Leweston (NAT) on site of Lewston (NR)

<3> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/096 RCHME Inventory: Dorset III (Central), DOEHHR (Sherborne RD Marh 1950 17 16/2) (Unpublished document). SDO17384.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 133 (Monograph). SDO97.

<5> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 253-4 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<6> Phillips, A S, Various, Field Investigators Comments ASP, F1 ASP 04-NOV-77 (Unpublished document). SWX3817.

<7> Good, R, 1979, Lost Villages of Dorset, 34, 36 (Monograph). SWX1569.

<8> Gerard, T (Coker, J ), 1732, A Survey of Dorsetshire. , Creed J. 1980. Cohers' Survey of Dorsetshire. Sherborne: Dorset Publishing Co. 121 (Cartographic materials). SWX8143.

<9> Department of the Environment, 1984, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: District of West Dorset (Parishes of Alton Pancras, Bishops Caundle, Buckland Newton, Caundle Marsh, Folke, Hermitage, Hilfield, Holnest, Holwell, Melcombe Horsey, Minterne Magna etc), 26-7 (Scheduling record). SDO16359.

<10> Mills, A D, 1989, The place-names of Dorset, Part 3, 342 (Monograph). SDO10391.

<12> National Record of the Historic Environment, 199573 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 23 2022 11:32AM