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Down House

A Grade II Listed Building in Symondsbury, Dorset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.7236 / 50°43'24"N

Longitude: -2.7959 / 2°47'45"W

OS Eastings: 343912

OS Northings: 91852

OS Grid: SY439918

Mapcode National: GBR PN.FSZK

Mapcode Global: FRA 5715.DKL

Plus Code: 9C2VP6F3+CJ

Entry Name: Down House

Listing Date: 10 January 1984

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1216128

English Heritage Legacy ID: 401446

ID on this website: 101216128

Location: Higher Eype, Dorset, DT6

County: Dorset

Civil Parish: Symondsbury

Traditional County: Dorset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset

Church of England Parish: Symondsbury St John the Baptist

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

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Description


SY 49 SW SYMONDSBURY HIGHER EYPE

6/127 Down House

- II

Single house in grounds. Early C18. Stone walls, rendered with stone angle- pilasters. Slate and stone-slate roof with stone gable copings. 2 brick stacks at left and right gables. 2 storeys. 3 windows, 3 lighters with flat stone mullions, moulded architrave and classical cornice in one. Moulded stone cills. Cast iron casements with one horizontal bar. Modillion eaves cornice to whole facade. Front doorway at centre: stone eared architrave with a projecting dropped triple-keystone. Plain classical pediment over carried on volute brackets, continued down as plain pilastersto the stone plinth. Door, wood and all glass-panelled, C20. Small service-range at north gable end, same materials, roof and window type. Doorway at north end, similar to front door, though with a segmental pediment.

Listing NGR: SY4391291852

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