Ruins of Former Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1955. Manor house.
Ruins of Former Manor House
- WRENN ID
- keen-mantel-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1955
- Type
- Manor house
- Address
- Ruins of Former Manor House, Witchampton
- OS grid reference
- ST 990 063
- Coordinates
- 50.85655, -2.01454
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ruins of a former manor house, originating from the 13th century, are located in Witchampton. The structure features flint and rubble walls with ashlar dressings and some brick patching. Only the front wall and fragments of the side and rear walls remain. The manor was originally two storeys high, with a solar on the left and a hall on the right, both situated at first floor level above undercrofts. There is a large archway to the right of the center, which has a brick segmental arch and brick patching above it. The ruins include one original and two added buttresses. On the first floor of the hall, there are remains of two lancet windows, and a larger window remains in the solar. In the hall undercroft, there is one rectangular window opening. At the rear of the solar block, a small section of wall stands, with remnants of a window at the upper level. The site is in poor repair and is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The Pigeon House, mentioned in the original listing, has been demolished.
Local climate
Ruins of Former Manor House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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