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Name: | Sherborne Castle, Castleton |
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Type of Record: | Listed Building |
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HER Number: | MDO14352 |
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Last edited: | May 19 2022 1:04PM |
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Monument Type(s):
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 | SDO11903 - Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various.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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