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New Wardour Castle
Hob Uid: 210485
Location : Wiltshire Tisbury
Grid Ref : ST9278426928
Summary : Country house, built 1770-76 by James Paine for the eighth Lord Arundell in Palladian style. There was some interior remodelling by Sir John Soane circa 1790. After the Second World War the house functioned as a girls' boarding school, known as Cranborne Chase School, but was divided into apartments in the 1990s. It is constructed from limestone ashlar with hipped Welsh slate roofs and comprises a square main block with flanking pavilions. The north front has a rusticated basement below a piano nobile with mezzanine and attic floor over.
More information : (ST 92772691) Wardour Castle (NAT) (1) Wardour New Castle, designed by James Paine and constructed in 1768. Grade I. (2) Country house, now Cranborne Chase School. Designed and constructed by James Paine in 1770-76 for the eighth Lord Arundell. It comprises a square main block with flanking pavilions, and is one of the finest Palladian houses in Wiltshire. Grade I. (3,4) Brief description and photo. (5) For some years, after the 2nd World War, Cranborne Chase, a girl¿s boarding school functioned in (new) Wardour Castle but later in the 1990s the property was sold and redeveloped as private apartments. (6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1962
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Source details : Mere and Tisbury Rural District, Wiltshire. December 1959
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Source details : Salisbury, 06-JUL-1987
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Source details : Plat C, 1984. Mediaeval Britain from the Air, 136-7
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Constructed 1770-1776
Monument End Date : 1776
Monument Start Date : 1770
Monument Type : Country House
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Remodelled circa 1790
Monument End Date : 1800
Monument Start Date : 1780
Monument Type : Country House
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Change of use 1945 to 1989
Monument End Date : 1989
Monument Start Date : 1945
Monument Type : Boarding School
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Change of use 1990s
Monument End Date : 1999
Monument Start Date : 1990
Monument Type : House, Apartment
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 321061
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External Cross Reference Source : NBR Index Number
External Cross Reference Number : 61569
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 92 NW 18
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY
Start Date : 1995-11-14
End Date : 1995-11-14

Associated Activities :
Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 2001-01-01
End Date : 2001-12-31

Historic England Research Records

New Wardour Castle