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| Name: | The Chantry, 128 South Street, Bridport |
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| Type of Record: | Listed Building |
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| HER Number: | MDO12319 |
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| Last edited: | Mar 3 2014 3:23PM |
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Monument Type(s):
Summary
The Chantry was probably constructed in the late 13th or early 14th century as a municipal building associated with a harbour and incorporating a cresset. It was converted into the house for the chantry priest of St Leonard in the later 14th century. In the late 16th century it was converted into house for family use and it was extensively renovated and altered in the 1870s. It was restored in 1987.
Protected Status
- Listed Building (II*) 1287219: THE CHANTRY
- Conservation Area 7
Sources and Further Reading
| <1> | SWX805 - Article in serial: Rodwell, K A. 1990. 'A Structural Analysis of the Chantry, Bridport, Dorset' Medieval Archaeology. 34. 122-143. 122-143. |
| <2> | SDO97 - Bibliographic reference: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset. Volume One (West). p48-9, Bridport No. 11. |
| <3> | SWX1887 - Monograph: Newman, J and Pevsner, N. 1972. Buildings of England : Dorset. 111-2. |
| <4> | SWX1323 - Article in serial: Colfox, W. 1890. 'On the History of Bridport' Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club. 11. 125-6. |
| <5> | SDO9443 - Bibliographic reference: Hutchins, J. 1863. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 2. 21-22. |
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