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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
Map:	Show on Dorset Explorer

Monument Type(s):

COUNTRY HOUSE (Undated)

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	SDO11903 - Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various.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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