Listed Building record MDO16151 - The Round House, Verwood Road, Woodlands

The building appears to be a large house of several phases, possibly including late 18th or early 19th century structures. It is built of brick and is of2 storeys, with full height bow windows added to the end walls of the main range. Located within a walled garden and only partially visible. Closer inspection is needed to determine if parts of the building might have formerly been used for textile production. Photographs from Dorchester museum suggest that the building may have comprised a series of workshop wings of different dates attached to a house.

Round House is of late 18th century origin, two-storeys with brick walls and tiled roofs, with 19th century additions. The 18th century range (52 ft by f18 ft) is orientated north-south and has apsidal ends and appears to have been built for some, as yet unexplained, industrial purpose. The east wing was added early in the 19th century and the west wing in the mid-19th century. All the internal fittings are 19th century. Since 1954 it has been converted into a single house. <3>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1968 (Map). SWX1540.

(SU 04860908) Round House (NAT)

<2> Dorset Museum Photographic Collection, P13862, P13864 and P13865 (Photograph). SDO18668.

1968 External views of Round House

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 112 (Monograph). SDO129.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213098 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<5> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/063 South West Textile Mills Project (Unpublished document). SDO17323.

Record last edited

Mar 27 2023 8:45PM