Building record MDO50250 - House, Forston, Charminster

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Summary

A house with a reset stone doorway of seventeenth-century date, and with the date 1660 and initials 'G B' carved into the spandrels of the doorway.

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Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1 (Monograph). SDO146.

‘(6) Forston House (66589574) … A Cottage 200 yds. N. of the house has a reset 17th-century stone doorway with moulded jambs and moulded four-centred head; the spandrels are carved with the date 1660 and the initials G.B. ‘

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  • --- Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1.

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Grid reference SY 6661 9593 (point)
Map sheet SY69NE
Civil Parish Charminster; Dorset

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Record last edited

Feb 6 2026 11:38AM

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