Description

SY 49 NE NETHERBURY MELPLASH
4-12-1951
7/132 Melplash Court

GV II*

Large House in grounds. C16 fragments, with Cl7 rebuilding much in
evidence. West wing replaced in 1922 by E. P. Warren, and extended
southwards in the 1930's. Rubble and dressed stone walls. Stone
slab roof with 4 gables to entrance front, each with stone gable-
copings. Tripled stone stacks at west end eaves, and on bay 2 of entrance
front. North (front) elevation, 2 storeys and attics. 4 gabled bays of
differing projections and widths. Each 'bay' described here including
door positions: 1) East end of front: 3-light stone mullion windows
(cavetto) with separate labels over. Lead lights and metal casements. 2
blocked elliptical lights face south. Doorway in west face, C16, with
moulded stone jambs and trefoil spandrels above the depressed-arch
head. Label, square-stopped. Plank and muntin door, Cl9. 'Bay' 2):
wider and with projecting central stack. One string at second floor
level. Chamfered plinth. Large single-light windows with moulded
jambs and labels over, probably Cl9 or C20 insertions. Bay 3) 2
windows wide, same large windows with labels. Iron casements with
tension bars, probably C17. Moulded stone string over ground floor,
later C17. Front doorway, late Cl7 with stone architrave continued
up into 2-lights over, divided by an ovolo mullion. String becomes
a slightly projecting cornice. Front door, with 2 recess panels,
studded, c.Cl8. Bay 4), 1922 rebuild, 3 windows, cross-transomed
mullions with hollow chamfers, leaded metal casements. Separate
labels over. Gabled attic storey to match. 1930's wing to south has
4 windows, cross-transomed wooden frames with ovolos. Segmental
stone heads. Interior: much altered. Middle room of ground floor
former hall with screens to west. Screen, oak, Cl6 probably reset.
Octagonal posts with moulded base plate, rail and head, with recess and
fielded panelling. 5 bays. Central 2-leaf door, c.1700, bolection-
moulded. Partition on east side of former hall, c.1700, with bolection-
moulded panelling. Staircase, c.1700, turned balusters, square navels,
considerably repaired.

House owned by the Paulet family in Cl6. Two fireplaces now removed
to Mapperton bear the arms of James I and Paulet.
Source: R.C.H.M. Dorset I, p173(3).

Listing NGR: SY4834298479

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17542997

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