Berwick

SY 58 NW SWYRE BREDY ROAD

6/246 Berwick 5-9-60 GV II

Detached former Manor House, now farmhouse. Late C16 fragmentary core in north range. Early C19 rebuilding, and c.1900 alterations to north range. L-Plan house, formerly quadrangular in C16. East elevation, random rubble-stone walls with, moulded cornice. Slate roof with stone gable-copings and level kneelers. Rendered brick stacks at each gable end. 2 storeys. 3 windows, sashes with thin glazing-bars, and crown glass. Moulded stone architraves and stone cills. Segmental brick heads to ground floor windows. Front door at centre with moulded stone architrave. Ashlar stone porch with stone gable-coping and round-headed entrance, C19. North range, externally, same materials, 2 rubble-stone stacks with crenellated cornices. 2 storeys. 3 windows, 3-light with wooden casements and horizontal glazing-bars. Segmental heads. One pointed arch at right hand, with straight-chamfered jambs, a blocked Cl6 doorway, formerly into the screens passage. Interior: north range originally formed the Hall, now a kitchen. Two doorways between the screens of the hall and the former office-wing have chamfered jambs and 4-centred head, both blocked. The house, formerly of some importance, was the C16 home of the Russells, later Dukes of Bedford. RCHM, Dorset I, p 230 (2).

Listing NGR: SY5233189600