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Abbey House
Hob Uid: 1001622
Location : Dorset Cerne Abbas
Grid Ref : ST6653001350
Summary : A private house built on the site of, and incorporating part of, a late medieval monastic gatehouse. Parts date to the 15th century, though most of the structure was rebuilt from the late 18th century on. Listed.
More information : (ST 66530135). Abbey House sited from Auth 1 and OS 2500 1976). Abbey House is a private house on the site of and incorporating parts of a late Medieval monastic gatehouse. C15th fragment include a fron gate arch buttress and side entrance to the porter's lodge. The remainder was burnt down in the C18th and almost entirely rebuilt in the late C18th. Grade I. (Forms part of Cerne Abbas Abbey ST 60 SE 41). (1-3)

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Source details : RCHM Dorset I: West 1952 London: HMSO 79 (Mon 3)
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Source details : Newman J and N Pevsner 1972, Buildings of England: Dorset London: Penguin 134
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Source details : DOE (HHR) Dist of West Dorset Nov-1985 27
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : C15th century
Monument End Date : 1499
Monument Start Date : 1400
Monument Type : Gatehouse
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Burnt mid C18th
Monument End Date : 1766
Monument Start Date : 1733
Monument Type : Gatehouse
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Rebuilt from late C18th on
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Monument Start Date : 1767
Monument Type : House
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 105383
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 60 SE 85
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