Listed Building record MDO47382 - Church House, Sturminster Marshall

Church House, with walls of carstone rubble and a modern tiled roof, includes part of a 15th century house which formed a rectangle 38 ft by 19 ft. Part of the N wall remains, with a two-stage buttress towards the W. A doorway with moulded four-centred head has been moved from this wall and rebuilt in a modern wall to the N. There are two original windows, now blocked, cut out of a single stone. The W wall is mostly original but refaced and the S wall retains an original buttress. There are various Medieval worked stones lying loose and a 12th century capital and a 15th century moulded corbel are reset in the walls. <2>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1891 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 94950006) Church House (NR)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2, 287 (Monograph). SDO149.

'(19) Church House, with walls of carstone rubble and roof covered with modern tiles, includes part of a house of the 15th century which formed a rectangle 38 ft. by 19 ft. Part of the N. wall remains, with a two-stage buttress towards the W.; a doorway with moulded four-centred head has been moved from this wall and rebuilt in a modern wall to the N. There are two original windows, now blocked, one with square head and one, very small and with a two-centred head, cut out of a single stone. The W. wall is mostly original but refaced. The S. wall has an original buttress but all the openings are modern. There are various mediaeval worked stones lying loose and a 12th-century capital and a 15th-century moulded corbel reset in the walls.'

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209633 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Nov 15 2023 10:35AM