Dewlish House

Dewlish House is a country house near Dewlish in Dorset. It is a Grade I Listed building.[1]

Dewlish House through the trees

History

Dewlish House, built in 1702,[1] became the home of the Michel family in the 1756.[2] It served as the childhood home of John Michel (who later became a field marshal) from 1804 to 1823[3] and later served as his retirement home between 1880 and 1886.[4] The historic listing was added in 1956.[1]

Recently owned by Mr and Mrs Anthony Boyden (from 1962 to 2020)[5] the Grade I-listed Queen Anne style house and its 296-acre (120 ha) property were sold in 2020. The buyer was an American already living in the UK.[6]

The "Queen Anne/Georgian" house was built in 1702 by Thomas Skinner; it was modified during the 1900s, according to Country Life (magazine), with "the removal of an 18th- and 19th-century service wing some time in the 20th century. In addition to the 12,800 sq ft (1,190 m2) home, the property includes "stabling, six cottages, outbuildings and 134 acres (54 ha) of gardens, grounds, pasture and park-land".[7]

References
  1. Historic England. "Dewlish House (1154339)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  2. "'Dewlish', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 3, Central". London: British History Online. 1970. pp. 84–89. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. "John Michel". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  4. "Dewlish Burials 1801 - 1900". www.opcdorset.org. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  5. "Dewlish House, Dorset". Foto Libra. Archived from the original on 31 October 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  6. Churchill, Penny (2 January 2021). "Eight of the biggest country house sales in Britain in 2020". Country Life. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  7. Churchill, Penny (22 June 2019). "One of Dorset's most inspiring houses on the market for just the second time in a long history". Country Life. Retrieved 6 January 2021.

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