Building record MDO28213 - 27 Castle Street, Poole

House built in the 16th century. The walls were originally timber framed but only a small fragment remains in the back wall and the southeast end. The 16th century roof structure survives largely intact and is in six bays with curved wind braces between a pair of purlins on each side and trusses with cambered tie beams and collars. A three light window with timber mullions survives in the back wall at first floor level; the mullions are ovolo moulded externally and ogee moulded internally. In the south east room of the front range is a wide bolection moulded fireplace of the late 17th century. In the late 18th or early 19th century the walls were encased or largely rebuilt in brickwork, the staircase standing beyond the line of the original back wall was redesigned, and wings were built at the rear. Northeast of the south east wing is the shell of a stone building approximately 42 ½ feet by 24 ¼ feet which retains no datable features but may be of the 17th century. Demolished before 1970.

House built in the 16th century. The walls were originally timber framed but only a small fragment remains in the back wall and the southeast end. The 16th century roof structure survives largely intact and is in six bays with curved wind braces between a pair of purlins on each side and trusses with cambered tie beams and collars. A three light window with timber mullions survives in the back wall at first floor level; the mullions are ovolo moulded externally and ogee moulded internally. In the south east room of the front range is a wide bolection moulded fireplace of the late 17th century. In the late 18th or early 19th century the walls were encased or largely rebuilt in brickwork, the staircase standing beyond the line of the original back wall was redesigned, and wings were built at the rear. Northeast of the south east wing is the shell of a stone building approximately 42 ½ feet by 24 ¼ feet which retains no datable features but may be of the 17th century.
Demolished before 1970 (1)

Rescue excavations by Poole Museum on the Old Orchard car park site in 1973 revealed a series of chalk and limestone wall footings which probably formed part of this building. More than one phase was present, but these were not fully determined on site. (2)

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2, 217 (Monograph). SDO149.

<2> Horsey, I P, ed K Jarvis, 1992, Excavations in Poole 1973-1983, 14 (Monograph). SWX3766.

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