Listed Building record MDO9152 - Forston House , Charminster

Large early eighteenth century house in grounds, built by Robert Browne of Frampton. Brick walls in Flemish bond with ashlar dressings, of quoins and plat bands. Slate roofs with parallel ridges, masked by the attic storey.

(SY 66589574) Forston House [NAT] (1)

Forston House is a square five-bay building of two storeys and attics, built of red brick with ashlar dressings circa 1720. In recent times a new wing has been built to the north and alterations have been made internally. Grade II*. (2,3)

Forston House (name confirmed) is as described above. (See GP). (4)

Forston House. Grade II*. (5)

<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 69-70 No 6 (Monograph). SDO136.

<2> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 143 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1975 (Map). SDO17396.

(SY 66589574) Forston House [NAT]

<4> Attrill, N J, Field Investigators Comments NJA (Unpublished document). SDO14743.

F1 NJA 30-JAN-81

<5> DOE (HHR), 1987, DOE (HHR) West Dorset District Mar-1987 31, DoE (HHR) West Dorset Mar 1987 (15) (Scheduling record). SDO17462.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453011 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 21 2022 3:49PM