Building record MDO43425 - Phoenix Hotel, Gillingham

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Summary

A hotel built in the late eighteenth century. The building has walls covered in render and whitewash and a hipped slate roof.

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Full Description

Historic England, Historic England Archive, 09/01008 Phoenix Hotel, Gillingham (Index). SDO14738.

Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF041042 Phoenix Hotel, Gillingham (Index). SDO14738.

National Record of the Historic Environment, 521000 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North) (Monograph). SDO99.

‘Unless otherwise described, the following monuments are of the 18th century and are two-storeyed, or single-storeyed with dormer-windowed attics, and have coursed rubble walls and tiled or slated roofs.
(18) The Phoenix Hotel, 50 yds. S. of (1), had originally a half H-shaped plan, but this has been obscured by later additions. The N. front is rendered; at the centre is a former carriageway with an elliptical arch, now partly blocked. Inside, one bedroom has an 18th-century stone fireplace surround with panelled decorations and an enriched cornice.’

DOE (HHR), 1985, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: North Dorset (Scheduling record). SDO17644.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. 09/01008 Phoenix Hotel, Gillingham.
  • --- Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. BF041042 Phoenix Hotel, Gillingham.
  • --- Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 521000.
  • --- Scheduling record: DOE (HHR). 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: North Dorset.
  • --- Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1972. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North).

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Location

Grid reference ST 80499 26500 (point)
Map sheet ST82NW
Civil Parish Gillingham; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 82 SE 109
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 521000
  • National Buildings Record: 102962
  • National Buildings Record: 41042

Record last edited

Sep 24 2025 3:25PM

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