Listed Building: PENSBURY HOUSE (102081)
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Grade | II* |
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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
Location
Grid reference | ST 8634 2355 (point) |
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Civil Parish | Shaftesbury; Dorset |
District (historic) | North Dorset |
Unitary Authority | Dorset |
External Links (1)
- View details on the National Heritage List for England (From EH UDS to Legacy x-reference)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Mar 9 2020 10:06AM