Motcombe House (Port Regis School)
MOTCOMBE HOUSE (PORT REGIS SCHOOL), SHAFTESBURY ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1324567
- Date first listed:
- 03-Jan-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Motcombe House (Port Regis School)
- Statutory Address:
- MOTCOMBE HOUSE (PORT REGIS SCHOOL), SHAFTESBURY ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1324567
- Date first listed:
- 03-Jan-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Motcombe House (Port Regis School)
- Statutory Address 1:
- MOTCOMBE HOUSE (PORT REGIS SCHOOL), SHAFTESBURY ROAD
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:
- MOTCOMBE HOUSE (PORT REGIS SCHOOL), SHAFTESBURY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Motcombe
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 84929 24507
Details
ST 82 SW MOTCOMBE SHAFTESBURY ROAD
7/217 Motcombe House (Port Regis School) - II
Country House, dated 1893/4. By Sir Ernest George and Peto for Lord Stalbridge. Red brick (Flemish bond) with dressings in Ham Hill ashlar. Gabled, asbestos slate roof bearing diagonally placed brick stacks. In a free 'Jacobethan' style. Mainly of 3 storeys with a 5 storey tower. 10 irregular window range. Stone mullioned and transomed windows some containing original leaded-lights and glass. East end of the facade has a range of 5 gables with moulded stone copings. Entrance in fourth bay from right. This has a 3 storey neo-Jacobean centre piece with ascending tiers of pilasters. (Doric, Corinthian, Ionic) and a semi-circular arch. Recessed plank door. North facade has an half-H plan with a similar fenestration and centrepiece. To the east is a large polygonal bay window. Internally the main rooms are intact. 2 storey great hall to the east. Several large ashlar chimney pieces with overmantles. Neo-Jacobean moulded and ribbed plaster ceilings. Some rooms have full height wooden panelling. Heavy timber staircase with newel-posts bearing carved dogs with shields and strapwork balustrades. (Newman J and Pevsner N. The Buildings of England: Dorset, Penguin 1972, p 302/3).
Listing NGR: ST8492924507
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 103058
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Newman, J, The Buildings of England: Dorset, (1972), 302-303
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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