Description

SY 49 NW PILSDON PILSDON
11-11-1966
6/189 Pilsdon Manor
(The Pilsdon
Community)

GV II*

Manor House. Mid C17. Dressed stone walls. Slate roof with stone
gable-copings. Brick stacks at left hand gable, left of centre,
right hand gable. 2 storeys, with attics. 6 windows, ground floor
has 4-light stone mullion windows grouped in two's, with central
transoms. Continuous label over all the ground floor windows,
first floor has 3-light stone mullions with central transoms. No
labels. Mainly fixed glass lights, a few C20 metal casements.
Front door, right of centre with a square chamfered head and jambs.
Raised label over the doorway. Door with 4 glass-lights, c.C19,
Rear, with an original continuous outshut of service-rooms,
punctuated by a gabled stair-well at centre. Plan: 3-unit house,
with a transverse narrow hall. 3 large fireplaces, present stone
fireplace in parlour; with moulded jambs, and a Tudor-arch in a
square head, Cl7. Upstairs: remains of some early C17 panelling.
Parlour downstairs has a compartmented ceiling of plaster, with
vine-scroll ornament, c.C18.
Source: R.C.H.M. Dorset I, p 179(2).

Listing NGR: SY4150699594

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17543111

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  For the Record