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Latitude: 50.6356 / 50°38'8"N
Longitude: -2.1249 / 2°7'29"W
OS Eastings: 391261
OS Northings: 81777
OS Grid: SY912817
Mapcode National: GBR 227.3KW
Mapcode Global: FRA 67FD.9Z6
Plus Code: 9C2VJVPG+62
Entry Name: Grange Arch
Listing Date: 20 November 1959
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1120456
English Heritage Legacy ID: 108682
ID on this website: 101120456
Location: Creech, Dorset, BH20
County: Dorset
Civil Parish: Steeple with Tyneham
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset
Church of England Parish: Wareham Lady St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: Folly
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Grange Arch
II*
C18. Folly. Built by Dennis Bond, before 1746. A triple arch, of ashlar stone. The centre section has a semi-circular arch with projecting keystone under a battlemented parapet. Lower sections each side have square-headed openings, with keystones, under plain parapets with obelisk finials:- these flanked again by lower solid sections with blank arched recesses, also with obelisk finials. Designed as an "eye catcher" to be seen from Creech Grange(qv).
(Sources: English Heritage: Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England: Part 12: Dorset)
Listing NGR: SY9126181777
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