Description

ST6618
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MILBORNE PORT CP
CRACKMORE (South side)
Crackmore Lodge with gate piers and gates

II

Pair of lodges. C19. Ham stone ashlar; hipped Welsh slate roofs; rendered brick chimney stacks. Single storey, 2 bays
each. East elevation have windows with plain mullions and two transomes in architraved surrounds, forming 6 unit
windows with diagonal pattern glazing bars: inner and facing ends angled to points to emphasise gateway, which has
600mm square ashlar piers with heavy moulded caps and cast iron gates with top rail curved to rise to centre, spiked
tops, diamond middle rails and ornate bottom rail. Possibly on the site of an older building; with extensive cellar
linking both buildings; and under drive and gates a subterranean well house with 2 metres diameter well, of uncertain
date. One of the principal entrances to Sherborne Park, Dorset.

Listing NGR: ST6678018286

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26307981

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6