Listed Building record MDO14436 - Archway in Compton Park, Nether Compton

Free-standing archway, re-erected in park on boundary of Over and Nether Compton. Built of re-used fourteenth century materials. The origin of the material is not known.

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 101 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘(3) Arches, rebuilt in the grounds of Compton House S. of the village, are two in number. They are of early 14th-century materials, but there seems to be no evidence of their provenance. The more northerly is on the E. edge of Home Coppice ¼ m. S. of the church; it has double chamfered jambs and two-centred arch with a moulded label. The second archway stands on the parish boundary 260 yards S.W. of the first; it is similar to that already described; set in the wall W. of it is an early 15th-century window and E. of the arch is a recess with a two-centred head.’

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Nov 25 2024 2:46PM