SDO17594 - Parnham House, Beaminster, Dorset: Historic Building Assessment

Parnham House is a manor house predominantly of the 16th and 17th centuries, with a significant phase of alterations by John Nash in 1808-10, and further alterations of the early 20th and 21st centuries. This report presents the findings of emergency recording undertaken on Parnham House in 2018, following a serious fire in 2017. It comprises a building analysis based on external examination of the fabric, supplemented by an analysis of the drone photography which was used to survey the interior of the building. This has been accompanied by documentary research. This analysis has been used to highlight the signature of the building fabric which survived the fire. The significance of its surrounding landscape has also been assessed.