Listed Building record MDO26807 - Maiden Newton House, Church Road, Maiden Newton

Rectory, now private house. Dated 1842 stone tablet over doorway: AS (Scott) MDCCCXLII on a stone shield with cusped framing. Greensand rubble and banded stone walls. Ham stone window-frames, and plinth moulding. Clay-tile roofs, stone gable-copings with moulded kneelers.

"The rectorial house stands near the church … and is a large ancient building. In the windows are the arms of WADHAM WINDHAM etc". <1>

This house, formerly the Rectory, has been rebuilt except for the 17thc. N.E. wing. This is of two storeys with attics; the walls are of flint and stone in courses and the roofs are tiled. The wing has been partly reconstructed but retains some windows, each of two pointed lights. <3>

Maiden Newton House. originally built as a Rectory and considerably rebuilt about 120 years ago. It is no longer a Rectory <4.1>. Description in <3> correct. The stonework of the walls of the whole building has a weathered appearance and the house was probably rebuilt from some of the material of the former house. <4>

<1> Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds), 1863, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 2, 689 (Monograph). SWX1269.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1903 (Map). SWX1540.

[SY 59669786] RECTORY [T.I.]

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 152 (Monograph). SDO97.

<4> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 10-JAN-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<4.1> Bullivant, Mrs, Oral: Mrs Bullivant (owner's wife), Maiden Newton House, 10-JAN-55 (Verbal communication). SDO19116.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 450685 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 9 2023 7:36AM