Grosvenor House
GROSVENOR HOUSE, BLEKE STREET, SHAFTESBURY, SP7 8AW
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1210163
- Date first listed:
- 15-Oct-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Grosvenor House
- Statutory Address:
- GROSVENOR HOUSE, BLEKE STREET, SHAFTESBURY, SP7 8AW
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1210163
- Date first listed:
- 15-Oct-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Grosvenor House
- Statutory Address 1:
- GROSVENOR HOUSE, BLEKE STREET, SHAFTESBURY, SP7 8AW
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- GROSVENOR HOUSE, BLEKE STREET, SHAFTESBURY, SP7 8AW
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Shaftesbury
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 86244 23160
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23/04/2015
ST 8623
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BLEKE STREET (South-East Side)
Grosvenor House
(Formerly listed as High School for Girls)
II
C18 with C19 additions. 3 storeys. 3 windows. Slate hipped roof. Stone
rubble front. Windows 3 panes wide in reveals; stone dressings. In centre
bay on 1st floor, round headed window with Gothic glazing. Doorway with
panelled pilasters and small moulded cornice on brackets over; 6-panelled
door in fielded panelled reveals; blocked semi-circular fanlight over.
C18 wing behind facing on to Parsons Pool. [See RCHM for further information].
Listing NGR: ST8624423160
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 101992
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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