Description

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ST 8805
12/21

BLANDFORD ST MARY
BOURNEMOUTH ROAD (West side)
Brook House

(Formerly listed under POOLE ROAD)

14-7-55

GV
II
House, mid C18. Probably by Francis Cartwright for himself. Blue header-bond brickwork with red brick dressings. Tiled roof with end brick stacks. Symmetrical. 2 storeys and attics, 5 bays. 12-pane sashes to ground floor and 9-pane sashes above. Windows have stone windows with triple keystones. Central pilastered doorcase with open pedimental hood carried on carved, double-scroll consoles. Panelled, part-glazed door.

Internal features (RCHM): C18 oak staircase with turned balusters, moulded handrail and newels in the form of Tuscan columns; moulded plaster cornices in main ground floor rooms; C19 fireplace surrounds.
(R.C.H.M., Dorset, vol.III, p.45/4, no. 11)

Listing NGR: ST8844505895

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26610242

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey