Chettle House Floor Plan The rectangular plan of the house with its distinctive rounded corners means there are two principal fronts facing east and west with the narrower ends of the rectangle facing north and south The original approach was from the east and on that side the imposing height of the house was emphasised by a sunken lawn once framed by enclosing
Chettle House an early 18th century mansion attributed to Thomas Archer is the principal monument in the parish The Parish Church of St Mary near the S end of the village has walls of banded flint and ashlar and tiled roofs On the south side of the house the three windows at the ground floor level have three dates 1710 1846 and 1912 these signify firstly the date when the house was started 1846 when the Castleman family started the renovation of the house and 1912 when further works were done Chettle House was dipicted as Wilberforce s Wimbledon home
Chettle House Floor Plan
Chettle House Floor Plan
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Chettle House is an truly magnificent Grade I listed manor house with a fascintating history no more so than in recent years Located in the picture perfect hamlet of Chettle the house is described by Nikolaus Pevsner as the plum amongst Dorset houses of the early 18th century and nationally outstanding as a specimen of English Baroque Chettle House Garden A Queen Anne Manor house designed by Thomas Archer with lawns good herbaceous borders and a new rose garden hamoonsea Address Blandforum Dorset England DT11 8DB Opening times Not open to the public except for weddings Nearby gardens Larmer Tree Garden 3 6 km away Cranborne Manor Gardens 10 1 km away
Buy Design for Chettle House Dorset ground floor plan by Archer Thomas 1668 1743 from the RIBApix online shop Ref RIBA67644 The house was built by Thomas Archer in 1710 Some of the earthworks around the original entrance at the east remain According to Mowl 2003 Chettle retains the keyhole shaped terraced earthworks of its original Baroque east entrance front The entrance is now at the west facing into what was originally the garden
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8 1 Chettle House 14 7 55 GV I Country House now divided into flats c 1710 with remodelling of c 1845 and restoration of 1912 By Thomas Archer for George Chafin 1845 work for Edward Castleman The plan is characterised by its rounded ends and central pavilion West facade of 9 bays 3 3 3 with rounded projecting central pavilion Following almost 40 years of uncertainty the Chettle estate came to be owned by Edward and Anne Castleman The Castlemans were bankers and railways builders building the old line from Southampton to Dorchester known as the Castleman Corkscrew Most of this line closed in the 1960s and now forms the Castleman Trailway a 16 5 mile walking trail
Chettle House was built for George Chafin died 1766 who represented Dorsetshire in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1747 the Chafin family purchased the estate during the reign of Elizabeth I By the 1840s Chettle had been unoccupied for several decades in 1846 Edward Castleman of Wimborne purchased the estate and commenced restoration All this is revealed to perfection at Chettle with its unusual plan and curved brick elevations The house was built in about 1715 for George Chafin 1689 1766 a Dorset landowner descended from medieval Salisbury textile merchants Ranger of Cranborne Chase and a Tory MP for 40 years His family had acquired Chettle from the Crown in 1572 and
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The rectangular plan of the house with its distinctive rounded corners means there are two principal fronts facing east and west with the narrower ends of the rectangle facing north and south The original approach was from the east and on that side the imposing height of the house was emphasised by a sunken lawn once framed by enclosing
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Chettle House an early 18th century mansion attributed to Thomas Archer is the principal monument in the parish The Parish Church of St Mary near the S end of the village has walls of banded flint and ashlar and tiled roofs
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Chettle House Floor Plan - Chettle House Garden A Queen Anne Manor house designed by Thomas Archer with lawns good herbaceous borders and a new rose garden hamoonsea Address Blandforum Dorset England DT11 8DB Opening times Not open to the public except for weddings Nearby gardens Larmer Tree Garden 3 6 km away Cranborne Manor Gardens 10 1 km away
