Listed Building record MDO47599 - Kingston Lacy, Pamphill

KINGSTON LACY a large classical house surrounded by a well-timbered park in the southern part of the parish, was built at the Restoration by Sir Ralph Bankes to replace his father's residence in Corfe Castle destroyed during the Civil War; it still is the seat of the Bankes family. Designed by Sir Roger Pratt and built between 1663 and 1665, the house was originally of two principal storeys with a basement and dormer-windowed attics. It had brick walls with Chilmark stone dressings; the roof was probaly partly tiled and partly leaded. In 1835 William John Bankes, commissioned Charles Barry to make extensive alterations, in the execution of which Pratt's work was largely obliterated. <1-2>

Bellamy, Peter S, 2024, Kingston Lacy, Wimborne, Dorset. Engine House Interim Report (Unpublished document). SDO21744.

<1> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset (Monograph). SWX1290.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 46 (Monograph). SDO129.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1978 (Map). SDO17396.

(ST 97850126) Kingston Lacy (NR)

<4> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF076699 (Index). SDO14738.

KINGSTON LACY, PAMPHILL, WIMBORNE

<5> Historic England, Historic England Archive, AL0770 (Index). SDO14738.

Kingston Lacy, Pamphill. An album containing eight black and white photographic prints showing the exterior of Kingston Lacy. The photographs were taken in June 1954 by the Ministry of Works.

<6> Historic England, National Record of the Historic Environment, 209488 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Mar 11 2026 3:03PM