Description

DORCHESTER HIGH STREET
SU5794 (West side)
5/89 No.55
18/07/63 (Formerly listed as house
adjoining Bullyn to S)

GV II*

House. 1610 on front, extended C18. Timber framing with rendered infill on
clunch rubble plinth; limestone ashlar and brick; old plain-tile roof with brick
stacks. 2-unit plan, with rear outshut. 2 storeys plus attics. 6-window front is
double-jettied and has moulded bressumers and scroll brackets carved with
acanthus and Ionic capitals. At ground and first floors large leaded casements
replace oriels for which mortices remain, and are flanked, at first floor, by
high-level, 3-light ovolo-moulded mullion windows, restored C20 with diamond
glazing. At ground floor similar windows are only on the inner sides and there
is an inserted 4-panel door to extreme right. "1610/IH" is inscribed on a stud.
Large stack with 4 diagonal shafts rises from the roof slope above the central
bay. To left is a single-storey C20 extension. Outshut is of brick on an ashlar
lower storey and has dormers. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SU5775594358

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17548980

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)