Listed Building record MDO15018 - Greenhill House, The Green, Sherborne

Appears to incorporate 3 old houses, the two facing the road being C17 and a back wing earlier. On right hand of road frontage is a good mid C17 stone rubble front, 2 storey and attic.

Greenhill House. Appears to incorporate three old houses, the two joining the road being C17th, the rear wing C16th. <1>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 216-217 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(38) Greenhill House (Plate 44), on the S. side of the Green, 25 yards S.W. of (37), has a later 17th-century extension on the E. ; a modern addition at the back of the main block, connects it with a 16th-century wing, formerly a separate building. The N. front of the main block has a restored doorway with moulded jambs, triangular head and an old door ; flanking it are three-storeyed bay-windows; the windows on the ground and first floor are of four lights on the face and one on each canted side ; the canted angles are corbelled out to take the gable of the third floor which has a three-light window with a label; above the door-way is a three-light window and a gabled dormer and at the E. end of the front are two three-light windows. The E. room on the ground floor has a mid 17th-century overmantel (Plate 47) of three bays, divided and flanked by coupled columns supporting an enriched and bracketed entablature ; the side bays have enriched arched panels ; the walls are lined with panelling of the same date with an enriched frieze ; on the W. wall is strap-work and a shield with the date 1665 ; in the S. wall is a wide bay or recess with an elliptical head and flanked by fluted pilasters. On the first floor is a fireplace with a panelled overmantel of c. 1700 painted with a christening-scenee. The late 17th-century extension to the E. retains some original two-light windows on the first floor. The 16th-century wing at the back has been much altered but retains some original moulded ceiling-beams.'

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1964 (Map). SWX1197.

(ST 63711687) Greenhill House (NAT)

<3> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 384 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<4> Cox, P W and Chandler, J, 1997, A preliminary archaeological assessment of the proposed development of land at Greenhill House, Sherborne, Dorset (Unpublished document). SDO10379.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 887439 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 23 2024 1:04PM