Listed Building record MDO3988 - The Manor House, Hinton St Mary

THE MANOR HOUSE, immediately N.E. of the church, is a two-storied building of ashlar and squared rubble, with dormer-windowed attics under stone-slated roofs (Plate 53). The walls of a mediaeval hall are identifiable at the centre of the S.E. range but it has been chambered over, the roof has been renewed, the windows have been altered and it retains little of its original character. The remains of an opening with a chamfered two-centred head suggest that the hall may be of 13th-century origin. The rest of the house appears to be mainly of the 17th century, enlarged and altered in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, but the cross-wings to N.E. and S.W. of the hall may incorporate mediaeval elements. <2,3>

(ST 78701612), 'Manor House', name confirmed, remains as described by RCHM <2> and in an excellent state of preservation. <4>
The Manor House. Grade II*. <5,6>

(See also ST 71 NE 21 and 22, the stable black and tithe barn).

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

(ST 78701612) Manor House

<2> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 114-116 (Monograph). SDO136.

<3> DOE (HHR), 1951, DOE (HHR) Sturminster RD Dorset 1951, 06-MAR-1951 (Scheduling record). SDO17667.

<4> Barrett, G, Various, Field Investigators Comments GB, F1 GB 02-AUG-78 (Unpublished document). SDO17369.

<5> DOE (HRR), 1984, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: District of North Dorset, 10 (Scheduling record). SDO17668.

<6> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 230-1 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 202174 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 23 2024 11:10AM