Edmondsham House
A country house dated 1589, enlarged with eighteenth-century wings and extensively altered again in the nineteenth century.
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A country house dated 1589, enlarged with eighteenth-century wings and extensively altered again in the nineteenth century.
Register entry — EDMONDSHAM HOUSE. National Heritage List for England reference: 1303958. Recorded designation: Grade II* listed building.
First listed: 1955-03-18. This is the listing date, not a construction date.
Source: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1303958
The register identity was cross-checked against the official record name, coordinates and grade on 21 October 2026.
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Record
- Elizabethan country house with later wings
- United Kingdom
- East Dorset
- South West England
- other
- 1955-03-18
Editorial reading
Historic England identifies the dated sixteenth-century central range separately from later additions. The principal façade combines projecting bays, shaped gables and mullioned windows with wings that use different window forms and architectural details.
The north-west front has a more classical composition, including a pedimented central pavilion, sash windows and rusticated stonework around the entrance. The listing also records seventeenth-century stairs among the significant interior features. Its description makes clear that the standing house is a composite building rather than a complete Elizabethan survival.
Our editorial reading: compare the fronts to see how later generations negotiated the appearance of an older residence. Different window types and entrances provide practical clues to that process.
Sources: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1303958 and https://www.edmondsham.land/edmondsham-house (checked 21 October 2026).
Recommendation
The estate advertises visits by appointment and on notified days, but its house-opening page contains an old 2022 notice. Contact the estate for current house and garden arrangements before travelling; do not rely on that historical notice as a present schedule.
Location and visiting
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Sources & credits
Source record: Wikidata
Source record: Eigen redactie
Source record: Eigen redactie
Source record: National Heritage List for England (Historic England)
Source record: Wikimedia Commons
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