Listed Building record MDO43253 - Wootton House, Wootton Fitzpaine

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Summary

A country house built around 1765, and thought to be on the site of an earlier manor house.

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Type and Period (4)

Full Description

Wootton House, built about 1765, is a three-storey stone building with partly slate-hung walls and slate roofs. Rusticated quoins and flat strings at first and second floor
levels. <1-2>

Wootton Manor, believed to be built on the site of a former manor. There appears to be no trace of an earlier house on the site. <3>


<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 266-7 (Monograph). SDO97.

<2> DOE (HRR), 1950, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Bridport Rural District 1950, 28 (Scheduling record). SWX1535.

<3> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<3.1> 1955, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments: Mrs D Pass (owner's wife) (Verbal communication). SDO17360.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 449729 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 266-7.
  • <2> Scheduling record: DOE (HRR). 1950. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Bridport Rural District 1950. 28.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Swatridge, G C. Various. Field Investigators Comments GCS. F1 GCS.
  • <3.1> Verbal communication: 1955. Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments: Mrs D Pass (owner's wife).
  • <4> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 449729.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 3711 9560 (39m by 30m)
Map sheet SY39NE
Civil Parish Wootton Fitzpaine; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 135 003
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 39 NE 8
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 449729
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Wootton Fitzpaine 3

Record last edited

Dec 23 2021 12:26PM

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