Listed Building record MDO12950 - Cornley (including gate piers), Salisbury Road, Shaftesbury

Cornley Villa, a house thought to have been built in the early 19th century; incorporating an older building of possibly 17th century date. It is mainly late 19th century. The building has walls covered in stucco and a slate-covered roof.

(ST 8697 2261) Cornley [NAT]. <1>

Cornley Villa, two-storeyed with rendered walls and slated roofs, is mainly late C19th but incorporates an older building, possibly C17th. Grade II. <2-3>

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1965 (Map). SWX1197.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 74 (Monograph). SDO99.

(121) Cornley Villa (86972261), of two storeys, with rendered walls and slated roofs, is mainly of the late 19th century, but it incorporates an older building, possibly of 17th-century origin. Inside, a circular staircase has timber treads radiating from an octagonal newel-post.

<3> DOE (HHR), 1973, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: North Dorset District, 85 (Scheduling record). SDO18623.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 913593 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jun 27 2023 2:57PM