Listed Building record MDO27774 - Chideock Manor, with attached wall and outbuildings on north side, North Chideock, Chideock
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Summary
Manor House in own grounds of about 1810. Lias stone, ashlar walls with fine jointing, coursed rubble-stone plinth and slate roofs.
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Full Description
Rebuilt in modern times but incorporates some features form earlier buildings. The garden wall N of the house incorporates many 15th, 16th & 17th century features including 2 stone mullioned windows and the wall W of the house. <2>
Chideock Manor. In the process of being partly demolished and partly reconstructed. The building is comparatively modern but incorporates older fire places of Tudor type <3.1>. Descriptions in T2 & 3 correct. No information concerning a former house was obtained during field investigation <3>
A rapid examination of air photography (4a) suggests the layout of a formal garden is visible as parchmarks on the small lawn at the southeast corner of the house, in the angle between the chapel and the house. <4>
Sources/Archives (8)
- <1> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1930.
- <2> SDO97 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 95.
- <3> SWX1169 Unpublished document: Swatridge, G C. Various. Field Investigators Comments GCS. F1 GCS 17-FEB-55.
- <3.1> SDO19129 Verbal communication: Bishop, L G. Oral: L G Bishop Esq, Foreman Contractor.
- <4> SWX1708 Unpublished document: Miller, Andrew. 1993. RCHME: AP Primary Recording Project. 11-FEB-1993.
- <4.1> SDO19127 Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. NMR 4002/37-43.
- <4.2> SDO19128 Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. NMR 4167: 3-5.
- <5> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 450200.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 42033 93480 (36m by 50m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY49SW |
| Civil Parish | Chideock; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 034 003
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 49 SW 2
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 450200
Record last edited
Jan 1 2023 3:17PM
