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Name:Sherborne Castle, Castleton
Type of Record:Listed Building
HER Number:MDO14352
Last edited:May 19 2022 1:04PM

Location:Castleton; Dorset
Grid Reference:ST 649 164
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Summary

House in grounds. Late sixteenth century rectangular central block with its angle turrets, built for for Sir Walter Raleigh. Enlarged by the addition of the four wings of 2 storeys with cellars and hexagonal towers in 1625 by Sir John Digby. Alteration in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and drastically restored 1859-60 by G D Wingfield-Digby. Rubble-stone walls, stuccoed, with freestone dressings. Lead-covered roofs.

Protected Status

  • Listed Building (I) 1153912: SHERBORNE CASTLE

Sources and Further Reading

<1>SDO17392 - Monograph: Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds). 1870. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 4. Vol 4. 275-80.
<2>SWX8217 - Monograph: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Object Name Book (ONB) reference.
<3>SWX1197 - Map: Ordnance Survey. 1:2500 scale. 1:2500. 1928.
<4>SDO97 - Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 66-69.
<5>SDO11903 - Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. F1 NVQ 16-JUL-55.
<6>SDO17489 - Verbal communication: Trevett, A R. 1955. Oral: Mr A R Trevett, Sherborne Castle Estate Office, Rawlence & Squarey, Cheap Street, Sherborne. 15.7.55.
<7>SDO17438 - Monograph: English Heritage. 2005. Register of parks and gardens of special historic interest in England: Dorset (Revised). 12. PART 12.
<8>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. OS55/F169/3.
<8>SDO14739 - Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 199470.

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