GREENHOUSE 60 METRES NORTH-WEST OF SHERBORNE CASTLE
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1323883
- Date first listed:
- 11-Jul-1951
- Statutory Address:
- GREENHOUSE 60 METRES NORTH-WEST OF SHERBORNE CASTLE
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- GREENHOUSE 60 METRES NORTH-WEST OF SHERBORNE CASTLE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Castleton
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 64855 16456
Details
CASTLETON SHERBORNE CASTLE
ST 6416
Greenhouse 60 metres
12/28 north-west of
Sherborne Castle
11.7.51
GV II*
Detached Greenhouse. Designs dated 1779 in Digby Estate Office. Ashlar
stone wall (south front), rest of brick faced with stucco, and with ashlar
quoins. Slate roof, hipped. One storey. South front is symmetrically
designed in 5 bays. Five lofty round-headed windows, grouped one-three-one.
Sashes with glazing-bars, radiating in the upper one. The end bays are
projected slightly and are framed by Roman Doric pilasters with Neo-classical
motifs in the entablature and pedimented over. These are also in centre bays,
as linked ox-skulls, garlands and medallions. Two-leaf door on the east end
wall. Interior is plain, apart from a moulded cornice.
(RCHM Dorset I, p.69(5).
Listing NGR: ST6485516456
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 105568
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Dorset, (1974), 69
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 12 Dorset,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing