Listed Building record MDO9329 - Kingston Maurward House, Stinsford

Country house, now used as College of Agriculture. Built around 1717 for George Pitt, architect unknown. Altered 1794 for William Morton Pitt. Interior altered 1910-20. Ashlar stone walls, cladding earlier brick. Roofs concealed behind parapets.

Kingston Maurward House built of brick, faced with Portland stone, is of three stroreys with a basement. According to Hutchins the house was originally built in brick for George Pitt between 1717-1720 but important alterations were made in 1794 when the exterior was cased in stone and the attic was remodelled as a third storey. The north and south fronts are dignified classical compositions with a pedimented central pavilion and symmetrical flanking wings. Now an Agricultural College. <2-3>

Kingston Maurward House (name confirmed): no change. See ground photographs. <4>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1902 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 71549104). Kingston Maurward 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, 254 (Monograph). SDO149.

<3> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 247 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 10-NOV-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> Crockett, A, 1994, Visitors Centre, Kingston Maurward Park, Dorset. Desktop Assessment and Archaeological Evaluation (Unpublished document). SDO12512.

<6> Ritchie, K, 2003, Kingston Maurward College. Archaeological Field Evaluation Report. (Unpublished document). SDO12447.

<7> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF105157 (Index). SDO14738.

KINGSTON MAURWARD HOUSE (DORSET COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE) , KINGSTON MAURWARD

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Dec 7 2023 2:03PM