Listed Building: THE OLD RECTORY, GARDEN WALL AND ARCHWAY (102343)

ST 7318 STALBRIDGE HIGH STREET (EAST SIDE) The Old Rectory garden wall and archway 6/29 II House, dated 1699. Squared, coursed rubble walls with ashlar quoins and slate roof. Originally symmetrical double-pile plan with 2 parallel roof ranges. 2 storeys and attic with 5 bay main range. C19 sash windows with no glazing bars. Central door with C19 porch. Heavy cornice with modillions. Stone end stacks. Plat band between ground and first floor, 2 bay service wing and later additions to the left. Internally the staircase is an important feature (RCHM). Garden wall forms arch over front gate and bears a flat hood with dentils on scrolled brackets (possibly originally over front door). 'RCHM, Dorset, Vol III', HMSO, 1970, p250, no. 5. Newman J and Pevsner N "The Buildings of England: Dorset", Penguin, 1972, p396. Listing NGR: ST7350518019

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