Listed Building record MDO22139 - Lime Tree House, Queen Street, Gillingham

Lime Tree House. Two-storeyed with attic and has walls of squared rubble with ashlar dressings and tiled roofs. Mid C18th. <1>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 31 (Monograph). SDO99.

‘Unless otherwise described, the following monuments are of the 18th century and are two-storeyed, or single-storeyed with dormer-windowed attics, and have coursed rubble walls and tiled or slated roofs. … (13) Lime Tree House, 50 yds. N.E. of (1) is two-storeyed with attics and has walls of squared rubble with ashlar dressings, and tiled roofs; it dates from about the middle of the 18th century. The W. front is of five bays, with a central doorway and symmetrically disposed windows with moulded ashlar architraves and plain keystones. The doorway has an eared architrave, a plain frieze and a moulded cornice. The windows have modern casements, but no doubt were originally sashed.

Inside, the plan is of class U. The hallway is spanned by a moulded stone arch with a keystone. The stairs have cut strings with carved spandrels, turned balusters and moulded handrails. One front room has a moulded stone fireplace surround with an eared architrave and a cornice on scrolled brackets.’

<2> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 215 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1983 (Map). SWX1197.

(ST 8067 2663) Lime Tree House [NAT]

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 912758 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Feb 10 2022 4:56PM