Description

SY 59 NW POWERSTOCK MAPPERCOMBE
4-12-1951
8/191 Mappercombe Manor
House

GV I

Manor House. Early C17, with C15 south-east corner. Late C17 north-
west range. Dressed stone walls. Clay tile roof with stone gable-
copings and moulded ogee kneelers. Brick stacks, of c.1900, just
below ridge, left of centre, main range, behind ridge on south range,
north-west range front eaves and rear eaves. C15 part, one bay, 2
storeys. Ground 3-light mullion (ovolo). Trefoil-headed lancet
over. Gable-wall has a 2-light trefoil-headed window with a label and
carved head-stops. South range: 2 storeys and basements. 3 windows,
4-, 5-, 4-light stone mullions (ovolos). Stone plat-band and
individual cornice-labels to ground floor windows. First floor windows
without labels. Entrance originally at centre of this range. North-
west range joined to front block by a 2 bay rear wing. North West
range: 2 storeys, 5 windows, white limestone mullions (ovolos) with
separate classical cornices over. Doorway , approximately at centre
with moulded stone jambs and very depressed-arch head. Sundial with
ram's head and swag above doorway. North block of house is early
C20. 2 storeys and attics. 3 windows. Tall C20 brick stacks.
Present entrance porch on east side, Cl9, with a 4-centred entrance
and blocked bull's eye. Plank door. Interior: west room of the
south range, C17 plaster frieze of running vine-ornament. Stone
fireplace with architrave, pulvinated frieze, cornice and a blank
shield in the middle of the frieze. Room above has a similar plaster
frieze. Upper room in small South east wing (?chapel), recess with
a trefoiled head in the south wall. North-west range, reset C17
overmantel of 4 panelled bays with enriched divisions, panels have
painted shields-of-arms.
Source: R.C.H.M. Dorset I, p 184(4).

Listing NGR: SY5120695122

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17532916

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2