Listed Building record MDO4899 - Tarrant Gunville Manor, Tarrant Gunville

Manor house erected in 1798 by the Chapman family in place of an old manor house. Also known as Gunville House. Materials may have been taken from Eastbury on its demolition in 1782. The stables 50 yards north of the house and also late 18th century, are two storeyed.

Gunville House, advertised as 'newly erected' in 1798, is slate roofed with walls partly of ashlar and part rendered. It appears to have been built by the Chapman family in place of an old manor house which belonged to the Swaynes and some of the materials may have been taken from Eastbury on its demolition in 1782. In 1799 the house was occupied by Josiah Wedwood II, whose brother Thomas moved into the remains of Eastbury a year later. The stables 50 yards north of the house and also late 18th century, are two storeyed with brick walls and slated roofs. <2>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

ST 9249 1261: Tarrant Gunville Manor (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 94 (Monograph). SDO99.

'(3) GUNVILLE HOUSE (92491261), of three storeys, with walls partly of ashlar and partyl rendered, and with slate-covered roofs, is of the late 18th century; in 1798 it was advertised as 'newly erected' (Salisbury Journal 19 March). The house appears to have been builtby the Chapman family in place of an old manor house which formerly belonged to the Swaynes. Some of the materials may well have been taken from Eastbury on its demolitions in 1782. IN 1799 the house was occupied by Josiah Wedgewood II, a year before his brother Thomas moved into the remains of Eastbury. …'

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 210280 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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