Listed Building record MDO14642 - St Antony's School (formerly St Antony's Convent), Leweston

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 133 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘(2) LEWESTON HOUSE, 30 yards S.W. of the chapel, is of two storeys with basements; the walls are of ashlar. It was built probably about the end of the 18th century for William Gordon who died in 1802, replacing an older house which was standing in 1774; shortly before 1938 it was completely remodelled internally. The house is rectangular on plan with shallow project ing bays in the middle of the E., N. and S. sides; there is a N. porch. A number of bay-windows have been inserted during the recent alterations, and the W. and N.W. wings are modern. The elevations are of symmetrical design with stone plinth, round-headed windows, entablature with deep frieze and balustraded parapet with ball-finials; the projecting bays on the N. and S. fronts finish in pediments which break through the parapet, that to the north containing a cartouche-of-arms of Fletcher quartering Wansey, granted 1868. The entrance to the porch is flanked by fluted pilasters with cornice, balustrade and urns. The interior of the house retains no original features.’

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