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Name:	Cranborne Manor House, Cranborne
Type of Record:	Listed Building
HER Number:	MDO9474
Last edited:	Dec 13 2022 10:33AM

Location:	Cranborne; Dorset
Grid Reference:	SU 053 132
Map:	Show on Dorset Explorer

Monument Type(s):

HUNTING LODGE (Medieval - 1189 AD to 1189 AD)
MANOR HOUSE (Medieval to Victorian - 1189 AD to 1863 AD)
CHAPEL (Medieval - 1207 AD to 1208 AD)
FIRST FLOOR HALL HOUSE (Medieval - 1207 AD to 1208 AD)
FORTIFIED MANOR HOUSE (Medieval - 1207 AD to 1208 AD)
HUNTING LODGE (Medieval to Jacobean - 1207 AD to 1611 AD)
FARMHOUSE (Stuart to Victorian - 1700 AD to 1860 AD)
COUNTRY HOUSE (Victorian - 1863 AD to 1863 AD)

Summary

A three storey, early 17th century hunting lodge with basements and attics. It was originally built as a hunting lodge between 1207-8, and appears to have been referred to as a castle in 1241 and 1322. The original plan probably comprised a first floor hall and additional rooms over a vaulted undercroft with a tower to the south west. The building was heavily buttressed and crenelated with arrow slits in the machicolations. The 17th century alterations included the heightening of the south west tower and the construction of a new tower to the south east. Wings were added to the west and east sides of the 13th century house, but the western wing was rebuilt in 1647 and the eastern wing demolished in 1716. From the 18th century until 1860 the house was divided and in use as two farmhouses. The building was restored and reconverted to a single dwelling in 1863.

Protected Status

Listed Building (I) 1120172: CRANBORNE MANOR HOUSE
Conservation Area: Cranborne

Sources and Further Reading

<1>	SDO17339 - Scheduling record: DOE (HHR). 1951. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Wimborne and Cranborne RD. 2.
<2>	SWX1540 - Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
<3>	SWX1290 - Monograph: Newman, J, and Pevsner, N. 1972. The Buildings of England: Dorset.
<4>	SDO129 - Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 7-12.
<4.1>	SDO18003 - Monograph: Allen Brown, R, Colvin, H M, and Taylor, A J. 1963. The history of the King's Works, Volume 2: the Middle Ages. 922-3.
<5>	SDO16340 - Monograph: Cathcart-King, D J. 1983. Castellarium anglicanum: an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the islands. 1. 129.
<6>	SWX1383 - Monograph: English Heritage. 1984-1987. Register of parks and gardens of special historic interest in England: Dorset. Part 12.
<7>	SDO18076 - Scheduling record: DOE (HHR). 1986. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Wimborne District. 1.
<8>	SDO14739 - Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 213655.

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