Listed Building: PENSBURY HOUSE (102081)

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Grade II*
Authority Historic England
Volume/Map/Item 688/5/201
Date assigned 15 October 1973
Date last amended

Description

1. 1615 MOTCOMBE ROAD Pensbury House ST 8623 5/201 II* 2. Mid C18 structure at south-west end. Garden front facing north-west of 2 storeys, 5 bays. Ashlar. Slate roof. Panelled parapet. Centre bay projects slightly forward and has a triangular pediment over. Stringcourse. Moulded cornice. Windows 3 panes wide in frames; moulded archivolts with keystones. In centre bay round-headed doorway with moulded archivolt (with triple keystone) on pilasters; flanked by taller pilasters with entablature with triangular pediment over. Contemporary rainwater head in corner behind central bay. Road front of 2 storeys, 3 bays. Ashlar. 2nd bay also projects, and 3rd bay also projects but slightly less. Moulded cornice and parapet with triangular pediment over central bay; panelled parapet over. Windows 3 panes wide in reveals; stone architraves; small keystones. Doorway with stone architrave; triangular pediment on scroll brackets. C19 wing at north east end, 2 storeys. 3 windows. Left hand bay projects forward. Date 1863 below one of the windows. Listing NGR: ST8634023552

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Location

Grid reference ST 8634 2355 (point)
Civil Parish Shaftesbury; Dorset
District (historic) North Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Mar 9 2020 10:06AM