Listed Building record MDO16872 - The Old School, West Street, Kingston, Corfe Castle

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Summary

Former school and school house, in simple Gothic Revival style, dating from about 1870 and now converted to a single dwelling. The building has rough ashlar stone walls with ashlar dressings, a tiled roof, with some fish-scale tiling and stone chimney stacks on ridge. At the front is a stone boundary wall, with chamfered square piers with stepped pyramidal caps and simple iron railings.

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GREENBACK List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Scheduling record). SDO19706.

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1, Dorset LVI.10 Surveyed: 1887, Published: 1889 (Map). SDO10239.

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  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1. paper. 1:2500. Dorset LVI.10 Surveyed: 1887, Published: 1889.
  • --- Scheduling record: GREENBACK List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 95740 79603 (17m by 11m)
Map sheet SY97NE
Civil Parish Corfe Castle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Jun 19 2026 4:11PM

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