Description

SHILLINGSTONE
ST 8211 BLANDFORD ROAD
(East side)

9/51 Greensleeves

GV II

House, early C16 with alterations and additions of various later dates. Timber
framed with partial Flemish bond brick facing. Thatched roof with brick stacks
to ends and on ridge right. One and a half storeys, ] window range. C20 2 and
5-light casements with horizontal glazing bars except to the ground floor left
which has a similar window without glazing bars. C20 plank door.
Internal features (RCHM): open fireplaces with chamfered bressummers; plank and
muntin partitions; several exposed jointed cruck-trusses. The chimney appears
to be an insertion of the C17 and the building may have originally been open to
the roof and have contained a central hearth. (RCHM, Dorset, vol.III, p.240,
no.7.)

Listing NGR: ST8262411011

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26610263

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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)