Listed Building record MDO17217 - Charborough, Morden

An early 17th=century house built by Sir Walter Erle was burnt down during the Civil War and rebuilt between 1649-60. The house was remodelled in the early 18th century and extended during the later 19th century.

Charborough House, standing in some 300 acres of parkland, is a large, ashlar, stucco and brick-faced building of two storeys with cellars and attics. A house was built here by Sir Walter Erle in the first half of the 17th century but this was burnt down during the Civil War. The very fragmentary remains of this earlier house were incorporated into a new house which was built during the Commonwealth (1649-1660) This building comprised a tall, single block of two storeys with basements and attics which reused some of the material from the then destroyed Corfe Castle. Between the early 18th century until the later 19th century the house was remodelled and altered with large extensions to the south west and south east (see plans). <2-3>

No change: name 'Charborough House' confirmed. <4>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 163-169 (Monograph). SDO99.

<3> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 139-140 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 16-FEB-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<4.1> Charborough Estate Office (Verbal communication). SDO19197.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457271 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 12 2023 2:53PM