The Court

1. In the entry for CHARDSTOCK CHURCH STREET 19/84 CHARSTOCK

Chardstock Court (Previously listed as The Court.)

The Entry shall be amended to read:

CHURCH STREET CHARDSTOCK

The Court

ST 3004 CHARDSTOCK CHURCH STREET 19/84 CHARSTOCK

8.5.67 Chardstock Court (previously listed as The Court)

II

Former manor house of the Bishops of Salisbury. Fabric of early C14 origin, refashioned in C15/16. Fell into disrepair in C20 and interior is said to have been largely gutted and a new roof added. Stone rubble with freestone dressings. Tiled roofs with coped gable ends. Two storeys. W-shaped on plan. The original south-east wing has various medieval fragments including cusped arch two light mullion window, various re-used arched window heads and chamfered stone door frames. One doorway on north side has four centred arch with a cinquefoil blocked circular window in gable above and a fragment of a shield in apex above that. The stair tower on the north side has a quatrefoil window with a two centred arch hood mould. The north-west wing also with a new roof, two storeys, three bays, entirely refenestrated in mid C20. The south-west wing is an entirely C20 rebuild. Interior is said to have been gutted in C20 but in former list (dated 1960) the following interior features were referred to: "Newel staircase, various plank and muntin partitions, moulded ceiling beams and old fireplaces". A detached range destroyed in circa 1930 had a C15 open timber roof. It was the manor house of the Bishops of Salisbury and was crenellated in 1377 by Bishop Erghum.

Listing NGR: ST3088304356