Listed Building record MDO30680 - Wooth Manor, Wooth, Netherbury

Wooth Manor. Detached house, former Manor House. Early C17th with mid-C18th South end. <2>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 175 (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 covered with thatch or modern materials. Many of the buildings have exposed ceiling-beams and original fireplaces. … (26) Wooth Grange, house 2½ m. S. of the church, was built c. 1600. The S.W. end was burnt down and rebuilt in brick in the second half of the 18th century. There is a modern brick tower at the N.E. end and modern additions on the W. The S.E. front has some original five and four-light stone windows with labels. The N.W. front has a projecting staircase-wing and a number of original windows of five, four and three lights, mostly with labels. Inside the building is a fireplace with moulded jambs and elliptical arch in a square head.’

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1968 (Map). SDO17396.

(SY 4719 9542) Wooth Manor [NAT]

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 866660 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Dec 16 2022 8:17AM