The Manor House

ST 60 SE ALTON PANCRAS VILLAGE STREET (WEST SIDE)

8/14 26-1-56 The Manor House GV II*

House, extensive remodelling c 1730-44 for Thomas Hasket and again c 1760. Brick (Flemish bond) with some render and south gable of mathematical tiles, ashlar dressings. Slated gable ended roofs, stone copings and end brick stacks. East facade, 2 storeys, 5 bay. Ashlar plinth, plat-band, eaves course and rusticated quoins. Windows are sashes with gauged brick heads with keystones and stone aprons. The upper floor central window has a stone architrave with side scrolls and a key-block. The central doorway has a moulded stone surround with a pedimented cornice. Internal features: North room of east range has fielded panelling, a fireplace with entablature and Tuscan columns flanked by two 'gothick' ogee-headed niches; the south room of the same range has fielded panelling and a fireplace with Ionic pilasters; two bestibules between the north and south rooms have fielded panelling, the westernmost one containing the stairs which have turned newel posts and balusters and a moulded handrail. C18 doorcases with carved and moulded architraves and doors with fielded and beaded panels. RCHM, Dorset, vol III, p.2, no 2. Newman J and Pevsner N, The Buildings of England: Dorset. Penguin, 1972, pp.75-6.

Listing NGR: ST6991902384