Donore

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ST 6416 2/142

LONG STREET (north west side) Donore

(Formerly listed as The Whire Cottage, previously listed as The Cottage)

28.11.50.

GV II Stone rubble-construction. Probably late C17 with later pebble-dash finish. Detached house on corner of St Swithin's Road with two storey five window front. Wood casements with lead glazing and original stays and catches. New slate roof. Gable-ends with stone parapet copings. Two hipped dormers. Doorway has hood on moulded and voluted brackets six-panelled door.

Within, an early C18 linen painting of a hunting scene was found beneath eleven layers of wallpaper (see analysis in Sherborne Museum).

The Red House, Grey Lodge, Forecourt walls and railings to The Red House, Donore, Wall railings and gate to Donore, Eastbury House, including carriage entrance to east and garden wall to west, Elizabeth House, Bracondale, The Cedars, East Cedars, Garden wall adjoining The Cedars on the west side, Corby House, Hill View Lodge, Masongill, Glenville and Long Street Post Office form a group.