Listed Building record MDO46940 - The Old Manor House, Compton Valence

Historical: The Manor of COMPTON, COMPTON PUNDELARGE, or COMPTON VALENCE, was held at the time of DOMESDAY by one HUGH de PORTH. In the e. 13th c. it belonged to the family of PUNDELARCHE, passing before the end of the century to the VALENCES, Earls of PEMBROKE. The property remained with them until 17 ED. II, when it passed by marriage to HASTINGS, the Lords DELAWARR, and to the PELHAM family who have held the manor since 9. ELIZ. I. <1>

The house is not named, but is now simply one of the row of cottages. SY 59289328. The house is as described in T.2. It is now unoccupied but in a reasonable state of preservation. The barn mentioned in T.2. at SY 59379334 has been considerably altered and modernized and presents no features of particular interest. See GP.AO/55/24/8. <3>

<1> Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds), 1863, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 2, 292-4 (Monograph). SWX1269.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 105 (Monograph). SDO97.

'(2) Old Manor House, immediately N. of the church, is of two storeys; the walls are of rubble and flint and the roofs are covered with slates and stone slates. It was built early in the 17th century and has a modern extension on the S. The E. front has a two-storeyed porch with an original outer entrance; it has moulded jambs and four-centred arch in a square head with a label; the windows, flanking the porch are original and of three lights with labels. The inner doorway to the porch is similar to the outer but with no label. Inside the building is an old staircase with plain balusters and newels. One fireplace has an early 18th-century surround. The Barn, N.E. of the house, is a 17th-century structure of stone and flint.'

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 21-JAN-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3.1> Chick, W, Oral: Mr Chick (farmer and occupier), Wynford Eagle Manor, Wynford Eagle (Verbal communication). SDO20049.

<4> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OS55/F24/8 (Index). SDO14738.

OLD MANOR HOUSE AT COMPTON VALENCE FROM EAST.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 450992 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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