Listed Building record MDO11433 - Three Choughs Public House, West Street, Blandford Forum

THE THREE CHOUGHS INN s. of the mid 18th century. The two W. bays of the five-bay S. front are splayed back from the street front. The three storeys of sashed windows are linked by red brick chainage and the first and second-storey windows have flush aprons of the same colour. Between the two E. ground-floor windows is a blocked opening. The N. elevation is of red brick, and three of the segmental-headed windows have leaded casements in wood surrounds. The tiled roof has a central valley which emerges on the W. The original plan consisted of four rooms set two on each side of a through-passage running from N. to S., with the staircase at the N. end. A central chimneystack is set in each E. and W. wall. The building has recently been repaired and the internal arrangements much altered. <2-3>

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

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<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 38-39 (Monograph). SDO146.

(103) THE THREE CHOUGHS INN is of the mid 18th century. The two W. bays of the five-bay S. front are splayed back from the street front. The three storeys of sashed windows are linked by red brick chaînage and the first and second-storey windows have flush aprons of the same colour. Between the two E. ground-floor windows is a blocked opening. The N. elevation is of red brick, and three of the segmental-headed windows have leaded casements in wood surrounds. The tiled roof has a central valley which emerges on the W. The original plan consisted of four rooms set two on each side of a through-passage running from N. to S., with the stair case at the N. end. A central chimney stack is set in each E. and W. wall. The building has recently been repaired and the internal arrangements much altered. Between the first and second floors, part of an original winding staircase with Tuscan newels and balusters is preserved. It has a small well and retains three flights with winders. The newels consist of superimposed Tuscan columns separated by square blocks, against which the handrails are stopped. Each tread has two turned balusters.

<3> DOE (HHR), 1973, DOE (HHR) Blandford Forum RD Dorset September 1973, 62 (Scheduling record). SDO17703.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205529 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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