Listed Building record MDO47408 - Came House, Winterborne Came

CAME HOUSE (705882), of two storeys with basement and attic, has ashlar walls and slated roof; joined to the main house by a single-storey passageway is a lower, two-storey kitchen block. The house was built for John Damer by Francis Cartwright of Blandford, who acted as architect and contractor, in 1754, but the interior decoration of the house ws not completed till 1762.

The kitchen wing stands E. of the main house; a block to the W. To complete the symmetry of the design may have been
contemplated but was never built. In the 19th century, probably c. 1840, a new Entrance, with porch, vestibule and cloakrooms, and a Conservatory were added on the W. side of the house. At the same time a few minor changes were made and the Library was fitted up, but in general the house has suffered little from alteration.

Came House is an example of the provincial architect-builder's capabilities in design and craftsmanship at their best. Some of the interior decoration is of very high quality, though much of this may be metropolitan. The Conservatory is notable. <2>

Came House. One of the best 18th century houses in Dorset. <3>

SY 70468824 Came House (name confirmed) is as described by RCHM. <4>

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

(SY 70478825) Came House (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, 384 (Monograph). SDO149.

<3> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 475-6 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 29-NOV-79 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454106 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Nov 22 2023 4:35PM