The Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. A C17 Manor house. 1 related planning application.

The Manor House

WRENN ID
hollow-pilaster-wagtail
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 July 1955
Type
Manor house
Address
The Manor House, Blandford St. Mary, DT11 9ND
OS grid reference
ST 890 055
Coordinates
50.84923, -2.15631
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Manor House is a manor house dating from the early 17th century, with some alterations around 1700 and further remodelling in the mid-18th century. There are 19th-century and later additions to the north and east. The building features English bond brickwork with ashlar dressings and has tiled roofs with end brick stacks. It is designed in a T-plan and consists of two storeys and attics.

The south front has four bays, showcasing two and four-light mullioned windows that have gauged brick heads with projecting bricks to simulate keystones. There is a first-floor plat band, and the second bay from the right features a wooden porch with Tuscan pilasters and an elliptical archway. To the left, the gable of the southwest cross-wing displays three and four-light stone mullioned windows with returned labels, along with a French window on the ground floor. The symmetrical southwest front has three bays, also with two and four-light stone mullioned windows with returned labels.

Inside, the drawing room boasts an enriched 18th-century panelled plaster ceiling, bolection-moulded wall panelling, and a fireplace with panelled pilasters. The staircase walls are adorned with rich plasterwork, and the 18th-century staircase features open strings and turned balusters in a vase and Tuscan column pattern. The dining room includes an enriched plaster cornice, alongside various 17th and 18th-century fireplaces and 17th-century oak panelling.

Local climate

The Manor House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2010
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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