Building record MDO47147 - Henbury Manor, Sturminster Marshall

SY 962982. Henbury Manor of two storeys with cellars and attics has brick walls rendered in stucco and dates from the mid-18th century. The house has been extensively modernised and parts of the exterior are masked by modern additions. RCHM in a later note state that the house was burnt down and rebuilt. <2>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 96279830) Henbury Manor (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2, 286 (Monograph). SDO149.

'(6) Henbury Manor (962982) is of two storeys with cellars and attics and has brick walls rendered in stucco and roofs covered with slate. The house is of the mid 18th century, built on the site of an older house; it has been extensively modernised and parts of the exterior are masked by modern additions.

The N. front has rusticated quoins and a moulded eaves cornice with modillions which rises to a pediment over a shallow central projection; the central doorway, masked by a modern porch, has a bolection-moulded architrave with plain key and side brackets; the double-hung sash windows have shaped brackets under the sills and the dormers have pedimented gables. The E. elevation has a central feature of bolder projection with four Ionic pilasters, entablature and pediment; the windows have moulded architraves. Inside, in the N.E. room is a fireplace with white marble Ionic pilasters and entablature with a central panel depicting Cupid in a chariot drawn by a lion and a goat. The same room has doors with bolection-moulded panels, and a shaped frieze and dentilled ceiling cornice. The main staircase is modern; it rises to a landing with four columns with 'Tower of the Winds' capitals and entablature surmounted by glazed lunettes and a circular glazed dome. The secondary staircase, with close string, is original, and some of the first-floor rooms retain the original moulded and enriched surrounds to the fireplaces. (Burnt down and rebuilt)'

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457203 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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