Description

CORFE CASTLE EAST STREET (West side)
SY 96 81
8/65 British Legion House (formerly
20.11.59 listed as Old School) including
boundary wall and railings
GV II
Former school, now British Legion Hall. Dated 1834, extended to rear before 1850.
Rubblestone walls, slate roof with ornamental bargeboards. Brick stack at left
end of main block. Original building of L-shaped plan, with projecting wing at
right end. 2 storeys. In the wing, battened door under slightly cambered stone
lintol. Date stone above this. On first floor, one casement with cast iron lattice
glazing under slightly cambered stone lintol. Single-storey lean-to on left side of
the wing. In main range, ledged door. Ground floor has one sash with glazing bars.
First floor has 2 similar sashes. Main front boundary wall of rubble stone, with
cock and hen coping. Right of this, iron railings with shaped tops and scroll
brackets to gate posts (gates missing). (RCHM, Monument 12. Dorset. Vol. II).

Listing NGR: SY9620081843

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26609199

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)