Mappercombe Manor, Nettlecombe

Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Other/Unknown), and also as a Rejected Fortified Manor House

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains

NameMappercombe Manor, Nettlecombe
Alternative Names
Historic CountryDorset
Modern AuthorityDorset
1974 AuthorityDorset
Civil ParishPowerstock

Has been mentioned as site of ancient castle but rejected by Wilton.

Gatehouse Comments

This is an early C17 manor house, with some surviving C15 fabric, although the site may have been occupied by a manor house before then. Clearly not a castle site. The manor seems to have been held by Cerne Abbey during the middle ages, although presumably sub-tenanted.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

This is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law

Historic England Scheduled Monument Number
Historic England Listed Building number(s)
Images Of England
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSY512951
Latitude50.7537002563477
Longitude-2.69318008422852
Eastings351200
Northings95120
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Books

  • Wilton, P., 1995, Castles of Dorset (Wimborne)
  • Pevsner, N. and Newman J., 1972, Buildings of England: Dorset (London) p. 345
  • RCHME, 1952, An inventory of historical monuments in the County of Dorset Vol. 1: west (HMSO) p. 184 no. 4 online transcription
  • Hutchin, J., 1863 (3edn org. pub. 1774), History of Dorset Vol. 2 p. 320 (Facsimile edn by EP Publishing produced 1973)