Listed Building record MDO4105 - Kennels, Iwerne Stepleton

Kennels built around 1770 to accommodate the hounds of noted huntsman Peter Beckford. The building has walls of brick and a tiled roof, and has now been converted to residential use.

<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 135 (Monograph). SDO136.

(4) Kennels (86041134), built around 1770 for Peter Beckford’s hounds, have now been converted into cottages; an upper floor has been inserted,w ith casement windows under the eaves. The walls are of Flemish-bonded brickwork and the roofs are tiled. Original openings are identifiable by surviving segmental heads and keystones, although many openings have been walled up and others have been made. The original building closely resembled Beckford’s drawing (Thoughts on Hunting, Letter II), except that the plan is a little smaller, the ‘lodging room’ windows have segmental instead of round heads, and the roofs have gables to N. and S. instead of being hipped.

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Dec 5 2013 11:31AM