Lower Silton
- Date:
- 9 Sep 1999
- Location:
- Lower Silton, Fantley Lane, Silton, North Dorset, Dorset, SP8 5AH
- Reference:
- IOE01/00242/10
- Type:
- Photograph (Digital)
This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.
ST 73 SE SILTON FANTLEY LANE
1/111 Lower Silton
II
House, probably late C18. Rubble walls with tiled roof with stone slate verges, end brick stacks. 2 storeys, 3 window range. 3-light casement windows with glazing bars, the uppermost lights having pointed heads. The ground floor has 2 canted bays. Central glazed door. Internal features (RCHM): west room has cornice with cable and egg and dart mouldings; east room has C18 chimney piece with carton- pierre enrichment. The house is reputed to contain murals painted by William Blake, painted over by a later occupant.
(RCHM, Dorset, vol IV, P79, No 5. Moore, Doris, Footsteps from the Past, 1968, privately printed).
Listing NGR: ST7873530398
This is part of the Series: IOE01/1553 IOE Records taken by Murray Pearson; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England
© Mr Murray Pearson. Source: Historic England Archive
This photograph was taken for the Images of England project
Photographer: Pearson, Murray
Rights Holder: Pearson, Murray
Rubble, Tile, Georgian House, Monument (By Form), Domestic, Dwelling
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