Description

ST6718 MILBORNE PORT CP SHERBORNE ROAD (South side)

12/184 Tapp's Hotel
(former vicarage)

GV II

Vicarage, now hotel. 1870. Designed by Henry Hall. Local stone cut and squared, ashlar dressings; plain clay tile roof
between coped gables; ashlar stone chimney stacks, some octagonal, all with moulded caps. Closed 'U'-plan: 2 storeys
with attic and basement. North elevation of 3 bays, all gabled, the centre bay recessed but with projecting flat roofed
porch, having moulded flat headed archway with two stone carved panels over, the upper circular with shield and band
with legend "Wilborne Port Sigillum": projecting chimney stacks and attic window only, bays 1 and 3. South garden
elevation also of 3 bays, having plinth, string course between floors: chamfer mullioned and transomed windows, with 2
storey angled bay window to bay 1 and single storey bay window to bay 3; no window to lower bay 2: outer gables have
attic windows; centre dormer with elaborate bargeboards: other elevations to match. Main rooms of interior little
altered on ground floor. Important in its context with the church (qv) and the school (qv), as well as sharing the same
designer. (E.D.B Guide to the Parish Church of Milborne Port, 1971).

Listing NGR: ST6744418573

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26307953

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)