Shroton House
SHROTON HOUSE, TELEGRAPH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1324614
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jul-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Shroton House
- Statutory Address:
- SHROTON HOUSE, TELEGRAPH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1324614
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jul-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Shroton House
- Statutory Address 1:
- SHROTON HOUSE, TELEGRAPH STREET
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:
- SHROTON HOUSE, TELEGRAPH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Iwerne Courtney or Shroton
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 85715 12990
Details
ST 8512 & S7 81 SW IWERNE COURTNEY OR SHROTON TELEGRAPH STREET
3/111 11/111 Shroton House 14-7-55 GV II
House, dated 'William Jeanes 1728' and 'William and Ann Jeanes 1736' with additions and alterations at various dates in the C18, C19 and C20. L-plan with infilling. Roughcast and Flemish bond brickwork. Slated and tiled roofs partially masked by parapet. Brick stacks in various locations. 2 storeys with attics and basements. South front of 7 bays with central 2-storey bow. To the right of this is a late C19 porch with flat roof and balustrade. 3 french doors to the left of the range. 12 pane sashes with glazing bars. An C18 lead downpipe has an ornate rainwater head with acanthus enrichment. The front has a giant order of Doric pilasters flanking the main features of the facade and marking its extremity. . Each pilaster bears an entablature. The east front was originally of 4 bays but the 2 to the south have had their fenestration blocked. Those to the right have their original segmentally headed, 12 pane sashes with thick glazing bars. Hipped dormers to the attic. Central basement plank door.
Internal features (RCHM): panelling of the C18 and C19; C18 staircase with open strings, scrolled spandrels, turned balusters and moulded handrails; C18 fireplaces and overmantels (RCHM, Dorset, vol III, p 128/9, no 4)
Listing NGR: ST8571012994
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 103200
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Dorset, (1970), 128-129
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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