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Latitude: 50.948 / 50°56'52"N
Longitude: -2.5118 / 2°30'42"W
OS Eastings: 364144
OS Northings: 116632
OS Grid: ST641166
Mapcode National: GBR MV.NFG7
Mapcode Global: FRA 56ML.WSK
Plus Code: 9C2VWFXQ+67
Entry Name: Donore
Listing Date: 28 November 1950
Last Amended: 4 October 1973
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1110711
English Heritage Legacy ID: 104031
ID on this website: 101110711
Location: Sherborne, Dorset, DT9
County: Dorset
Civil Parish: Sherborne
Built-Up Area: Sherborne
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset
Church of England Parish: Sherborne with Castleton Abbey Church of St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: Cottage
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23 August 2022 to update the name and address, amend the Group value sentence in the description and to reformate text to current standards.
ST 6416
2/142
LONG STREET (north west side)
Donore
(Formerly listed as The Whire Cottage, previously listed as The Cottage)
28.11.50.
GV
II
Stone rubble-construction. Probably late C17 with later pebble-dash finish. Detached house on corner of St Swithin's Road with two storey five window front. Wood casements with lead glazing and original stays and catches. New slate roof. Gable-ends with stone parapet copings. Two hipped dormers. Doorway has hood on moulded and voluted brackets six-panelled door.
Within, an early C18 linen painting of a hunting scene was found beneath eleven layers of wallpaper (see analysis in Sherborne Museum).
The Red House, Grey Lodge, Forecourt walls and railings to The Red House, Donore, Wall railings and gate to Donore, Eastbury House, including carriage entrance to east and garden wall to west, Elizabeth House, Bracondale, The Cedars, East Cedars, Garden wall adjoining The Cedars on the west side, Corby House, Hill View Lodge, Masongill, Glenville and Long Street Post Office form a group.
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