Listed Building record MDO26480 - The Grange, Chetnole

A house built in Regency style around 1820, and formerly known as Napiers. The building has walls of ashlar and a low slate-covered roof on deep eaves. The front is divided into three bays by flat pilasters, and the porch has Doric columns and entablature.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 93 (Monograph). SDO97.

'The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of the 17th century and of two storeys; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are thatched or covered with modern materials. Some of the buildings have exposed ceiling-beams and original fireplaces. … (9) Nappers, house 220 yards S. of the church, has walls of ashlar and roofs covered with slates. It was built early in the 19th century. The main W. front is divided into three bays by flat pilasters, the eaves have a wide projection and the tripartite windows on the ground floor are of Venetian-window shape set in shallow round-headed sinkings. The porch has Doric columns and entablature. '

<2> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 149 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1982 (Map). SDO17396.

(ST 6026 0798) The Grange (NAT)

<4> DOE (HRR), 17 Oct 1986, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: District of West Dorset amendment 1986, 12 (Scheduling record). SWX2454.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 887040 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 19 2021 7:21PM