Listed Building record MDO12722 - Grosvenor House, Bleke Street, Shaftesbury

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Summary

A three-storey house built in the eighteenth century. The main building on Bleke Street is thought originally to have been a two storey brick structure, but the north front was refaced in rubble and ashlar and a third storey added in the second half of the nineteenth century. Formerly the High School for Girls. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

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  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1972. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North). 69.
  • <2> Digital archive: English Heritage. 2006. Listed buildings data disk.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 86246 23157 (28m by 21m)
Map sheet ST82SE
Civil Parish Shaftesbury; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 045 055
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Shaftesbury 55

Record last edited

Mar 3 2021 11:44AM

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