The Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. A C18 House.
The Manor House
- WRENN ID
- western-forge-myrtle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1956
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Manor House, Village Street, Alton Pancras
- OS grid reference
- ST 699 023
- Coordinates
- 50.8202, -2.4284
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Manor House is a house that underwent extensive remodelling around 1730 to 1744 for Thomas Hasket, with further alterations around 1760. It is built of brick in Flemish bond, with some areas rendered and the south gable featuring mathematical tiles, along with ashlar dressings. The house has slated gable-ended roofs, stone copings, and end brick stacks.
The east facade is two storeys high and has five bays. It features an ashlar plinth, a plat-band, an eaves course, and rusticated quoins. The windows are sash style with gauged brick heads that include keystones and stone aprons. The central window on the upper floor has a stone architrave with side scrolls and a key-block. The central doorway is framed by a moulded stone surround topped with a pedimented cornice.
Inside, the north room of the east range has fielded panelling and a fireplace with an entablature supported by Tuscan columns, flanked by two 'gothick' ogee-headed niches. The south room of the same range also features fielded panelling and a fireplace with Ionic pilasters. There are two bestibules between the north and south rooms, both with fielded panelling; the westernmost contains the stairs, which have turned newel posts, balusters, and a moulded handrail. The 18th-century doorcases have carved and moulded architraves, and the doors feature fielded and beaded panels.
Local climate
The Manor House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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