Listed Building record MDO9449 - Manor View, Salisbury Street, Cranborne

A house built on a U-shaped plan in the early 19th century. The walls of the building are of brick in header bond, and it has a tiled roof with brick chimney stacks. A striking feature of the exterior is a central round-headed doorway in the front, and surviving interior features are reported to include stairs and a decorative doorcase.

National Record of the Historic Environment, 213729 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 13 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘Unless described otherwise, the following monuments in Cranborne village are of the 18th century and are two-storeyed, with brick walls and tiled roofs. … (14) House (05391346), with a class-U plan, is of the early 19th century. The symmetrical three-bay E. front has a central doorway with a fanlight in a rusticated surround, and plain sashed windows in each storey. Inside, the opening between the E. vestibule and the W. staircase hall has an elliptical head and a door-case with fluted pilasters and carton-pierre enrichment. The stairs have plain balustrades and scrolled step spandrels.’

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Aug 19 2022 3:40PM