Listed Building record MDO11387 - Greyhound House, Market Place, Blandford Forum

Eighteenth century house, built after 1731 originally the Greyhound Inn. After the fire, if not before, it belonged to the Bastard family and was rebuilt by them, and was completed by 1753.

THE OLD GREYHOUND INN, now a bank, stands on the S. side of the Market Place at the beginning of West Street. It was built soon after the fire of 1731 and is of three storeys; the N. front is stuccoed, with lavish details of the Corinthian order. Internally the ground floor has been altered beyond recovery but the first and second floors retain much that is original.

The facade of the former Greyhound Inn is a noteworthy example of provincial urban street architecture in the English Baroque style. It is the only post-fire facade in Blandford to be wholly rendered in stucco. The Bastard brothers owned the inn at the time of the fire and had recently refronted it; presumably they were responsible for the rebuilding. <2-3.

Biggs, John A, 2012, Greyhound House, 2 Market Place, Blandford Forum, Dorset. DT11 7EB. A Heritage Assessment Statement (Unpublished document). SDO20831.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1971 (Map). SWX1197.

(ST 88450627) Bank

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 33 (Monograph). SDO146.

<3> DOE (HHR), 1973, DOE (HHR) Blandford Forum RD Dorset September 1973, 29 (Scheduling record). SDO17703.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205523 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 1 2024 3:48PM