Chettle
| Chettle | |
| Dorset | |
|---|---|
 Chettle parish church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST952134 |
| Location: | 50°55’13"N, 2°4’9"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 90 (2011) |
| Post town: | Blandford Forum |
| Postcode: | DT11 |
| Dialling code: | 01258 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dorset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Dorset |
Chettle is a small village in Dorset, sitting six miles north-east of the little town of Blandford Forum. It is sited at the head of a gently-sloping valley on the dip slope of the chalk formation called Cranborne Chase.
The A354 trunk road crosses the valley half a mile to the south. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 90.
Chettle House, the village manor-house, is a red brick Baroque mansion designed by Thomas Archer, a pupil of Vanbrugh, and built by the Bastard brothers of Blandford Forum during the reign of Queen Anne.[1][2] Pevsner considered it to be one of the country's finest Baroque houses.[3] Two rounded ends were added to the house in 1912.[1] Part of the house is opened to the public.
A book about the village, "Enduring Village", was published in August, 2008.[4]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Chettle) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gant, R., Dorset Villages, Hale, 1980, p40
- ↑ Chettle House
- ↑ Jack O'Sullivan (8 August 1998). "Outdoors: The thrill of the Chase". independent.co.uk. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/outdoors-the-thrill-of-the-chase-1170311.html. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ↑ Article about village