Listed Building record MDO9600 - Rectory, Wimborne St Giles

A house built in the late 17th century, with later additions and alterations. The two-storey building has walls of brick and a tiled roof. In 1975 the building was described as retaining several original windows and internal features such as panelling.

(13) The Rectory (03211198), of two storeys with attics, has brick walls and tiled roofs; in the original walls the lower courses are built with exceptionally large bricks. The S.W. range is of late 17th century. Early in the 18th century a S.E. wing was added and a staircase was built in the re-entrant angle so formed. Later in the 18th century a dining-room was built on the N.E. of the staircase. About the middle of the 19th century the original range was extended to N.W. and a service range was built on the N.E. At the same time the drawing-room, at the southern end of the original range, was heightened at the expense of the upper storey, new S.E. windows were formed, and a fireplace and chimneybreast were built on the S.W. The mid 19th-century extensions were removed in 1955 and the late 18th-century dining-room was then made into a kitchen.

The S.W. front retains original casement windows of two and three lights with plain timber surround. The 18th-century dining-room wing has tall segmental-headed sashed windows in both storeys, and a coved eaves cornice. <1-2>

<1> DOE (HHR), 1951, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Wimborne and Cranborne RD, 23 (Scheduling record). SDO17339.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 97-98 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘(13) THE RECTORY (03211198), of two storeys with attics, has brick walls and tiled roofs; in the original walls the lower courses are built with exceptionally large bricks. The S.W. range is of the late 17th century and probably originated with a class-T plan. Early in the 18th century a S.E. wing was added and a staircase was built in the re-entrant angle so formed. Later in the 18th century a dining-room was built on the N.E. of the staircase. About the middle of the 19th century the original range was extended to N.W. and a service range was built on the N.E. At the same time the drawing-room, at the southern end of the original range, was heightened at the expense of the upper storey, new S.E. windows were formed, and a fireplace and chimneybreast were built on the S.W. The mid 19th-century extensions were removed in 1955 and the late 18th-century dining-room was then made into a kitchen.
The S.W. front retains original casement windows of two and of three lights with plain timber surrounds. The 18th-century dining-room wing has tall segmental-headed sashed windows in both storeys, and a coved eaves cornice. Inside, the ground-floor room in the early 18th-century S.E. wing and the bedroom in the dining-room wing have fielded panelling in two heights, partly reset. The stairs have square newel posts, three turned balusters to each step, moulded handrails and scrolled step spandrels.’

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213844 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 23 2024 4:11PM