Listed Building record MDO9546 - Pentridge House, Pentridge

18th century house with later additions. It was formerly the rectory. It is two-storeyed with attics and a cellar. The walls are of cobb and brick and the roof tiled. The roof used to be thatched but is now tiled.

(SU 03461775) Pentridge House (NAT). <1>

(3) Pentridge House (03461775), formerly the rectory, is two-storeyed with attics and a cellar; the walls are of cob and of brick; the roofs, formerly thatched, are now tiled. The original house, with cob walls, was built in the first half of the 18th century; brick extensions on the S. and E. are of the late 19th century. The N.W. front is symmetrical and of three bays, with a central doorway flanked by sashed three-light bow windows in the lower storey, and with three plain sashed windows above. Inside, some rooms retain original joinery, including a round-headed niche with shaped shelves. The stairs have vase-and-column balusters, Truscan newel-posts, and scroll spandrels. <2>

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

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 54 (Monograph). SDO129.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213625 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 23 2024 12:32PM