Listed Building record MDO13947 - The Chantry, Old School Lane, Iwerne Minster

Seventeenth century house, in banded flint and ashlar with stone slate roof. Paired diagonally set brick stacks to right gable and to centre The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

ST 86791441 'The Chantry', a three storeyed house with attics. It has walls of banded flint and ashlar and stone-slated roofs, and dates from the first half of the 17th century. <3>

'The Chantry' is in a good state of preservation. The name appears to be modern. <2>

'The Chantry' (name confirmed) is a private house, as described by the RCHM <3>. It was formerly a farmhouse, known as Bay House Farm <6.1> and the modern name has no significance. It is of local importance. <5>

Bay House Farmhouse, 50 yds south of the church is a 16th century flint, brick and stone-tiled building with a south elevation of three storeys and a north elevation of two storeys. The house has two diagonal brick chimney stacks and a three storeyed porch with a gabled finish. The west wing is probably 19th century. Grade 2*. <1>

(ST 86791441) The Chantry (NR) <6>

The Chantry. Grade II*. <4, 7>

<1> DOE (HHR), Oct 1951, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Shaftesbury RD, 11 (Scheduling record). SDO17584.

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 18-JAN-56 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 39-40 Plan (Monograph). SDO99.

'(7) THE CHANTRY (86791441), house 50 yds. S.W. of (1), is of three storeys with attics and has walls of banded flint and ashlar, with chamfered plinths and ashlar dressings, and stone-slated roofs. The house dates from the first half of the 17th century.'

<4> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 239 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<5> Chaplin, C P, Field Investigators Comments CPC, F2 CC 12-JAN-78 (Unpublished document). SDO17976.

<6> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1980 (Map). SWX1197.

<6.1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1 to 25 inch scale map, 1900 (Map). SDO18020.

<7> DOE (HHR), 1985, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: North Dorset District, Jun 1985 58-9 (Scheduling record). SDO17732.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 206064 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 23 2024 11:17AM