Listed Building: MOTCOMBE HOUSE (PORT REGIS SCHOOL) (103058)

ST 82 SW MOTCOMBE SHAFTESBURY ROAD 7/217 Motcombe House (Port Regis School) - II Country House, dated 1893/4. By Sir Ernest George and Peto for Lord Stalbridge. Red brick (Flemish bond) with dressings in Ham Hill ashlar. Gabled, asbestos slate roof bearing diagonally placed brick stacks. In a free 'Jacobethan' style. Mainly of 3 storeys with a 5 storey tower. 10 irregular window range. Stone mullioned and transomed windows some containing original leaded-lights and glass. East end of the facade has a range of 5 gables with moulded stone copings. Entrance in fourth bay from right. This has a 3 storey neo-Jacobean centre piece with ascending tiers of pilasters. (Doric, Corinthian, Ionic) and a semi-circular arch. Recessed plank door. North facade has an half-H plan with a similar fenestration and centrepiece. To the east is a large polygonal bay window. Internally the main rooms are intact. 2 storey great hall to the east. Several large ashlar chimney pieces with overmantles. Neo-Jacobean moulded and ribbed plaster ceilings. Some rooms have full height wooden panelling. Heavy timber staircase with newel-posts bearing carved dogs with shields and strapwork balustrades. (Newman J and Pevsner N. The Buildings of England: Dorset, Penguin 1972, p 302/3). Listing NGR: ST8492924507

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