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Plestor House, Selborne

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Attached to the house is an ancient building which was the first site of the village school. The school was originally endowed in 1728, under the will of the grandfather of
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to the early 14th century, and it is thought that they come from the house which previously stood on the site. A recent excavation of the cellar unearthed
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The second section of the house dates from 1783, according to a stone set into the upper storey. The mortar lines between the local
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The north-east corner of the house appears in one of the plates in the first edition of Gilbert White's famous book,
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bricks, which were also fire-damaged and may therefore point to the fate of the house's predecessor.
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of this section are studded with pieces of iron, a local characteristic known as
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51°05′51″N 0°56′34″W / 51.0975°N 0.9429°W / 51.0975; -0.9429
Selborne
Hampshire
England
plestor
Saxon
dendrochronology
Tudor
malmstones
Gilbert White
Grade II
Extract on Selborne from Hampshire Treasures
Shows photographs of galletting
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Grade II listed houses in Hampshire

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