Monument record MWX586 - Tyneham House

Remains of a 14th century hall. Ashlar and rubble built building of two storeys. The south west wing is of 14th century origin. The hall was divided into two floors in the late 16th century. The main range of the house was built in 1583. Further alterations were made in the 17th, early 18th and mid 19th century. The east front was dismantled by the Ministry of Works in 1967 to be reconstructed at Athelhampton. The main range, dated 1582, is now at Binghams Melcombe. The south west range with a roof structure datable to the 14th century still remains. Tyneham House is entirely ruinous with the exception of the south-west range which is protected by a corrugated-iron roof.

Tyneham House, an ashlar and rubble built building of two storeys, partly with attics and cellars, has a south west wing of 14th century origin and contains parts of the original hall with arched-braced collar beam and trusses, built by the Russel family. The hall was divided into two floors in the later 16th century with the addition of a new doorway and windows. The main range of the house facing east was built in 1583 and soon after a new kitchen wing was added to the north west; in the 17th century this wing was nearly doubled in width. The east part of the south west wing was rebuilt in 1820 and the main range widened to the west. The north porch is mid 19th century. <2-3>

Tyneham House. The east front was dismantled by the Ministry of Works in 1967 to be reconstructed at Athelhampton (see SY 79 SE 3) and the main range, dated 1582, is now at Bingham's Melcombe (ST 70 SE 10). The south west range with a roof structure datable to the 14th century still remains. <4>

SY 88828017. Tyneham House (name confirmed) is entirely ruinous with the exception of the south-west range which is protected by a corrugated-iron roof. <5>

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

Tyneham House (NR)

<2> DOE (HRR), 1952, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Wareham and Purbeck Rural District 1952, p38 (Scheduling record). SWX3230.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 300-302 (Monograph). SDO150.

<4> Pevsner, 1977, The Buildings of England, 431-432 (Monograph). SWX2620.

<5> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 11-AUG-81 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<6> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF034118 (Index). SDO14738.

TYNEHAM HOUSE, TYNEHAM

<7> Historic England, Historic England Archive, OS52/F46/3 (Index). SDO14738.

THE EASTERN FACE OF TYNEHAM HOUSE.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 455453 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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