Pear Tree House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. House. 4 related planning applications.
Pear Tree House
- WRENN ID
- spare-buttress-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1956
- Type
- House
- Address
- Pear Tree House, Piddletrenthide, DT2 7QG
- OS grid reference
- SY 705 997
- Coordinates
- 50.79657, -2.41926
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pear Tree House is a house from the 16th century that was remodeled in the 19th century. It features a combination of banded flint and rubble, with the upper floor made of banded brick and flint. The building has rubble quoins and a gable-ended thatched roof with brick stacks at each end. It is 1½ storeys tall and has a three-window range. The ground floor includes three-light casements with full glazing bars on the right and horizontal glazing bars on the left. The upper floor has two-light casements with glazing bars. There is a central door from the 20th century.
Inside, notable features include an open fireplace with a chamfered surround and a four-centred head made from reused altar-stone, which has five incised consecration crosses. There is an end newel stone stair accessed through a doorway with a four-centred head, and an upper doorway with a four-centred head and continuous jambs. The upper fireplace has a moulded four-centred head with carved initials in the spandrels, and the ceilings are adorned with deep chamfered intersecting beams.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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