Gardens · South East England
Cranborne Manor
Cranborne Manor — Grade I listed English country house in East Dorset, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Nearest railway station
- Kingsmere · 8.8 km
- Dog-friendly
About
Cranborne Manor is a public garden in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "Grade I listed English country house in East Dorset, England, UK". Coordinates: 50.9185°, -1.9258°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Avon System SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Dorset
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Cranborne Manor is a Grade I listed country house in Cranborne, Dorset, in southern England. The manor dates back to around 1207/8, and was originally a hunting lodge. It was re-modelled for Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury in the early 17th century. The main seat of the earls and marquesses of Salisbury is Hatfield House in Hertfordshire, and Cranborne Manor is often the home of the heir to the title, who uses the courtesy title Viscount Cranborne.
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Background
Description
The house is a Grade I listed building, being "extremely important both as a rare survival of early C13 domestic architecture and as a fine early C17 country house" remodelled, after 1608, by William Arnold who also worked on Dunster Castle in this period and built Montacute House and Wadham College, Oxford. The original Manor house was actually built for King John in the 12th century and was used as a royal hunting lodge. It is constructed of ashlar, rubble and flint with ashlar dressings. The roofs are tiled and slated, with brick chimney stacks. The house is E-shaped in plan with three storeys, attics and basement. Originally, the house probably had the hall on the first floor, and other…
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- Coordinates
- 50.9185, -1.9258
- District
- Dorset
- Parish
- Cranborne
- Postcode
- BH21 5PT
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Dorset
- Nearest railway station
- Kingsmere — 8.8 km
- Official site
- www.cranborne.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5181923 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Cranborne Manor (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Cranborne Manor from the South Court - geograph.org.uk - 1223955.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Cranborne Manor?
- Cranborne Manor is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode BH21 5PT), in the parish of Cranborne.
- Is Cranborne Manor a listed building?
- Cranborne Manor is officially recognised as Grade I listed building listed.
- Is Cranborne Manor a protected site?
- Yes — Cranborne Manor is part of the River Avon System SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Dorset National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Cranborne Manor?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BH21 5PT. It sits within the North Dorset parliamentary constituency.