Listed Building record MDO28088 - Pilsdon Manor, Pilsdon

A house built in the middle of the 17th century, with later additions. The two-storey building has walls of stone rubble, and a slate-covered roof.

SY 4150 9959: Manor House (NR) (1)

Pilsdon Manor is a two-storeyed house with attics, built of rubble and with slate-covered roofs. It is of rectangular plan with a small wing on the north side, dating from the beginning of the 17th century with additions late in the same century.

The south front has a moulded string-course between the storeys and stone windows which have been partly restored. There are also some original windows at the back of the house.

Inside the building, the original north wing has a doorway with moulded jambs and a two-centred head. One fireplace retains itsfour-centred head and a first floor room has some early 17th century panelling. (2,3)

The house, which is known as Pilsdon Manor, was re-roofed in 1918 (a). It is as described by Authorities 2 and 3.

No information was obtained to confirm that it was a manor house. (4)

Pilsdon Manor (The Pilsdon Community). Grade II* (5,6)

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1904 (Map). SWX1540.

SY 4150 9959: Manor House (NR

<2> DOE (HRR), 1950, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Beaminster Rural District 1950, 29 (Scheduling record). SDO17358.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 179 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(2) Pilsdon Manor House, 50 yards N.E. of the church, is of two storeys with attics; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are slate-covered. The house was built about the beginning of the 17th century on a rectangular plan with a small wing on the N. side. Late in the same century an addition was made to the E. wing and there are later additons to the W. of the same wing. The S. front has a moulded string-course between the storeys; the stone windows are partly restored; those on the ground floor are of four and those on the upper floor mostly of three transomed lights. The N.E. addition retains a late 17th-century two-light window. There are other original windows at the back of the house. Inside the building, the original N. wing has a doorway, formerly external, with moulded jambs and two-centred head. One fireplace retains its original four-centred head and a room on the first floor has some early 17th-century panelling.' {1}

<4> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 18-FEB-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<5> N Jenks, N Jenks Owner (Verbal communication). SDO17913.

<6> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 315 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<7> Department of the Environment, 1984, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: District of West Dorset (Parishes of Burstock, Broadwindsor, Mapperton, Netherbury, North Poorton, Pilsdon, Powerstock and Stoke Abbott), 76 (Scheduling record). SDO16351.

<8> Brown, S and Matthews, A, 1999, Pilsdon Manor: An Archaeological Survey (Unpublished document). SDO14357.

<9> Historic England, NRHE Excavation Index (Digital archive). SDO16497.

<10> Brown, S and Matthews, A, 2000, Addendum to Pilsdon Manor (Unpublished document). SDO14942.

<11> National Record of the Historic Environment, 450006 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 4 2022 10:28AM