The Manor House

BLANDFORD ST MARY ST 80 NE LOWER BLANDFORD ST MARY

14-7-55 The Manor House

5/10 II*

Manor house, early C17 and c.1700, mid C18 remodelling. C19 and later additions to the north and east. English bond brickwork with ashlar dressings. Tiled roofs with end brick stacks. T-plan. 2 storeys and attics. South front of 4 bays with 2 and 4-light mullioned windows. These have gauged brick heads over with bricks projecting to represent keystones., First-floor plat band. Second bay from right has wooden porch with Tuscan pilasters and an elliptical archway. To the left the gable of the south- west cross-wing has 3 and 4-light stone mullioned windows with returned labels and a French window to the ground floor. South-west front is symmetrical of 3 bays with 2 and 4-light stone mullioned windows with returned labels. Internal features (RCHM) : drawing room has enriched C18 panelled plaster ceiling, bolection-moulded wall panelling and fireplace with panelled pilasters; rich plasterwork to staircase walls; C18 staircase with open strings and turned balusters of vase and Tuscan column pattern; dining room has enriched plaster cornice; various C17 and C18 fireplaces; C17 oak panelling. (R.C.H.M. Dorset, vol.III, p.41/2, no.2. Newman, J and Pevsner, N. The Buildings cf England; Dorset, 1972, p.102.)

Listing NGR: ST8909205536