Listed Building record MDO4252 - Mappowder Court, Mappowder

Mappowder Court was built on the site of a mansion that belonged to the Coker family, whose estate was sold in 1745 and the mansion taken down. The present building incorporates 17th century features, but no part of the Coker mansion can be positively identified. <2> <3>

'Mappowder Court' (name confirmed) known as 'Place Farm' until about 1950, when the house was restored to its now fine condition by the present owner. It is a substantial L-shaped building of two-storeys with attics, ashlar plinth, rubble walls (East front stucco-faced), stone mullion windows with drip-moulds; and tiled roof. An exact date for the present structure has not been established; probably late 17th/early 18th century. <5>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1962 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 73880580) Mappowder Court (NR)

<2> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 147 (Monograph). SDO136.

<3> DOE (HHR), 1954, DOE (HHR) Sturminster RD Dorset September 1954 (Scheduling record). SDO17463.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1929, Ordnance Survey Map 25, 1900 edition OS Map, per OC (Map). SWX1185.

(ST 73880580) Place Farm (NAT) on Site of (NAT) Mappower Court (NR)

<5> Stone, J W, Field Investigators Comments JWS, F1 JWS 16-DEC-78 (Unpublished document). SDO11902.

<5.1> Copley, J B, Verbal communication: Mr J B Copley (owner) Mappowder Court (Verbal communication). SDO17472.

<6> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 269 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 201795 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 13 2022 2:30PM