Court House, Canford School
COURT HOUSE, CANFORD SCHOOL, CANFORD MAGNA
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1217461
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jun-1980
- List Entry Name:
- Court House, Canford School
- Statutory Address:
- COURT HOUSE, CANFORD SCHOOL, CANFORD MAGNA
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2004-06-04
- Reference:
- IOE01/11668/17
- Rights:
- © Mrs Clare Western. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1217461
- Date first listed:
- 30-Jun-1980
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 13-Sept-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Court House, Canford School
- Statutory Address 1:
- COURT HOUSE, CANFORD SCHOOL, CANFORD MAGNA
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:
- COURT HOUSE, CANFORD SCHOOL, CANFORD MAGNA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Poole
- National Grid Reference:
- SZ 03288 98257
Details
POOLE
SZ0398 CANFORD MAGNA, Canford Magna 958-1/9/220 (East side) 30/06/80 Court House, Canford School (Formerly Listed as: MAGNA ROAD (East side) Court House)
GV II
House. Late C17, N wing rebuilt late C19-early C20 to match existing, linking section added 1914. Brick with Ham Hill dressings and diaper pattern glazed headers, to both C17 and C19 wings, moulded gable stacks with a cross-gabled tiled roof. Single-depth 3-room plan C17 range with 2 SW cross gables, SW range with cross gables, and 1914 central linking section in Jacobean style. 2 storeys; 2-window C17 range, 1:2-window right-hand section. Coped C17 gable has a moulded plinth, irregular quoins, voussoirs and dressings, a right-hand doorway inserted into former window has a C20 door, and paired windows with thin stone mullions to chamfered C17 architraves, 1 with plate-glass casements to the ground floor and 2 above with plate-glass sashes, with two 2/2-pane attic sashes. Left-hand 3-window return has late C19-early C20 sashes in enlarged rendered openings, the entrance to the centre from a mid C20 block (not included). C19 ranges have cross gables with gable stacks and a regular pattern of diaper brickwork, similar mullion windows to the C17 gable, with a gabled half dormer in the central front section which has rainwater hoppers dated 1914. INTERIOR altered in C20 remodelling, with an entrance hall with C20 stair with stick balusters. Only the NE wing survives from a larger building of the C17, distinguished by an early use of brickwork for the area. (RCHME: County of Dorset (South East): London: 1970-: 240).
Listing NGR: SZ0328898257
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 412432
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Dorset II South East, (1970), 240
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 11-Jun-2026 at 05:59:11.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.