Boveridge
Encyclopedia
Boveridge is a village in Dorset
, England about 1 miles (1.6 km) north of Cranborne, 12 miles (19 km) south-west of Salisbury
, Wiltshire
, and 10 miles (16 km) nort-east of Wimborne Minster
, Dorset.
surveyor's Drawing (1807-1808) shows the house set in a strip of pleasure grounds and woodland extending from north-west to south-east. There had been a farm on the site of an older mansion. In 1920, Charles Wilfred Gordon and his wife, an enthusiastic amateur gardener, commissioned Thomas Mawson to provide plans for new formal gardens around the house. Gertrude Jekyll
provided planting plans which were implemented in the 1920s.
The house is adjacent to the mid-19th century Boveridge Farm which is also Grade II listed is north-west of the house.
In the 1890s the estate was sold to George Thursley and later sold again to Charles Gordon. It remained the property of the Gordon family until 1961 when it was bought by Viscount Cranborne, owner of nearby Cranborne Manor. The house and grounds were let to a special needs school and remain in school use. Renovation of the grounds took place from 1998.
Boveridge House School, also known as The Philip Green Memorial School currently occupies the site which is not open to the public, other than on special occasions. Students are admitted from the age of 11 for boarders. The school can accommodate up to 44 boarding students both male and female, with moderate to severe learning difficulties and communication problems. Students may be admitted from any Local Education Authority or private source.
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
, England about 1 miles (1.6 km) north of Cranborne, 12 miles (19 km) south-west of Salisbury
Salisbury
Salisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England and the only city in the county. It is the second largest settlement in the county...
, Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
, and 10 miles (16 km) nort-east of Wimborne Minster
Wimborne Minster
Wimborne Minster is a market town in the East Dorset district of Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town...
, Dorset.
Notable buildings
Boveridge House, a grade II listed building was designed by William Evans of Wimborne and built some time after 1788 for Henry Brouncker. The Ordnance SurveyOrdnance Survey
Ordnance Survey , an executive agency and non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom, is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, producing maps of Great Britain , and one of the world's largest producers of maps.The name reflects its creation together with...
surveyor's Drawing (1807-1808) shows the house set in a strip of pleasure grounds and woodland extending from north-west to south-east. There had been a farm on the site of an older mansion. In 1920, Charles Wilfred Gordon and his wife, an enthusiastic amateur gardener, commissioned Thomas Mawson to provide plans for new formal gardens around the house. Gertrude Jekyll
Gertrude Jekyll
Gertrude Jekyll was an influential British garden designer, writer, and artist. She created over 400 gardens in the UK, Europe and the USA and contributed over 1,000 articles to Country Life, The Garden and other magazines.-Early life:...
provided planting plans which were implemented in the 1920s.
The house is adjacent to the mid-19th century Boveridge Farm which is also Grade II listed is north-west of the house.
In the 1890s the estate was sold to George Thursley and later sold again to Charles Gordon. It remained the property of the Gordon family until 1961 when it was bought by Viscount Cranborne, owner of nearby Cranborne Manor. The house and grounds were let to a special needs school and remain in school use. Renovation of the grounds took place from 1998.
Boveridge House School, also known as The Philip Green Memorial School currently occupies the site which is not open to the public, other than on special occasions. Students are admitted from the age of 11 for boarders. The school can accommodate up to 44 boarding students both male and female, with moderate to severe learning difficulties and communication problems. Students may be admitted from any Local Education Authority or private source.