Listed Building record MDO15125 - Eastbury House, Long Street, Sherborne

Burton House. Late C17th or early C18th and refronted late in the C18th in roughcast. <2>

Eastbury House, formerly listed as Burton House. Grade 2. <3>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 219 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘(76) Burton House, 360 yards from Cheap Street, is of rubble with rendered and white-washed S. front and ashlar dressings. It was built late in the 17th or early in the 18th century and refronted late in the 18th century; there are modern N.W. and W. extensions. The S. front is symmetrically designed; it has a stone plinth and rusticated quoins, plain windows and a central doorway with round head flanked by Roman Doric half-columns supporting an entablature with widely projecting cornice. In the E. elevation is an original window with moulded wood frame and mullion. Inside there is a reset 17th-century stone fireplace with four-centred opening in square moulded head with sunk spandrels and stop-moulded jambs, said to have come from the Lady chapel of the abbey.’

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1964 (Map). SWX1197.

(ST 6421 1665) Eastbury House (NAT)

<3> DOE (HHR), 1973, List of Buildings of Special Historic and Architectural Interest: West Dorset Urban District of Sherborne, 98 (Scheduling record). SDO17491.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 887501 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 23 2024 1:05PM