This page, which is currently ‘work in progress’, is intended to provide an index of places & properties within the parish of East Lulworth.
Most properties have names and/or estate numbers shown with a # – few have road or street names.
A
Arishling – former National Elementary School now renamed Old School House
Arishmill #6 – formerly the Post Office –
B
Baytree Cottage, Cockles #24 – see Cockles
Botany Farm –
Burngate Farm –
C
Canary Close –
Cat (The) – now demolished – a former farmstead and wayside inn on the edge of Povington Heath – the last owner was evacuated in December 1943 along with all the residents of Tyneham
Cockles –
Common Hill –
Common Hill Cemetery – Roman Catholic cemetery at Common Hill
Common Hill Cottage – 18th Century detached cottage – Grade II Listed no. 1120471 – the extension to the left of the cottage became the shop – the shop closed c. 1964
Cowleaze Cottages – built c. 1986
Cox’s Quarter, Mount Pleasant –
Cricket Pitch –
E
Eady Pit Cottage #61 –
East Lodge #48 & #49 – 17th century – originally stood in front of castle but rebuilt in present location in 1808 – now used for holiday lets – also referred to as Wareham Gates on the O.S. map of 1902
Elm Tree Cottage –
Estate Office – currently situated in the converted stable block within Lulworth Castle Park – in 1903 the Estate Office was based at Wool with Mr H Sergeant – it returned to the stable block on 18 February 1838 when Mr Sergeant retired1
F
Freeland, Mount Pleasant – semi-detached property adjoined to Saltash
G
Gardener’s Cottage #60 – mid 19th Century – Grade II Listed no. 1120469 –
Glebe Field – previously known as Parson’s Mead
Glebe House – formerly the Vicarage writer John Fitzgerald Pennie was born in 1782
Grey House (The) – formerly the Presbytery until 1937 –
H
Heather Knoll – former single-storey cottage on west side of National Elementary School – demolished c. 2015 and replaced by Wintersweet
Home Farm #47 –
L
Laurels (The) #38 –
Lindens Cottage #10 –
Lindens (The) – a renovated 18th century manor house available as a large luxury house short stay rental from the Lulworth Estate – 7 nights from 24 July 2023 would cost £12,993.75 – it boasts eight bedrooms, a cinema room, a games room in a separate converted coach house, a heated swimming pool and tennis court
Littlemore Cottage, Cockles #17 –
Lulworth Castle –
Lulworth Castle House – sited within Lulworth Park on the site of the Castle’s former gardens. The building was completed in 1977 as the residence for Wilfrid Weld and his wife Sally. The architect was Anthony Jaggard, Wilfrid’s brother-in-law. The builders were Short & Sturmey of Wool.
Lulworth Castle Park – in the late 1700s around thirty properties on the western side of the village were demolished on behalf of Thomas Weld (1750-1810) so that the park could be extended
Lulworth Garage – now the Estate Workshop – formerly a BP petrol station, vehicle workshop and a car sales dealership for Volvo and then Datsun, apparently the first Datsun dealership in the UK
Lulworth Lake – Lulworth Lake is a hidden gem right in the middle of the Lulworth countryside.
M
Manor Cottage – 17th Century – former farmhouse? – Grade II Listed no. 1120465 –
Manor Yard, Shaggs- now home to Butterfly Conservation – formerly the Estate Carpenters’ Workshop & Yard
Milldown – used as Estate Office for a period (1986-?)
Monastery Farm –
Mount Pleasant –
Myrtle Cottage #34 – see Mount Pleasant above
N
National School –
O
Old School House – former National Elementary School – was named Arishling –
P
Park Lodge #56 – 17th Century detached house – Grade II Listed no. 1172531 –
Parson’s Mead – now known as Glebe Field
Police Station #2 –
Post Office #6 –
Pound – the village pound used to be on the east side of the village just beyond Lulworth Garage
Presbytery – built on Barbers Plot – now known as the Grey House –
R
Red Lyon – ale house – with James Seymour as landlord in 1763 – the property is likely to have been demolished as part of the village clearance to extend Lulworth Castle Park in the late 1700s.
Rose Cottage #14 –
Rustic Cottage #33 – see Mount Pleasant
S
Saltash, Mount Pleasant – semi-detached property adjoined to Freeland
Sea Scouts Hall – wooden hall, now removed, in the Glebe Field (behind the War Memorial) – it was also used by the British Legion
Sea Vale #70
Sea Vale Farm – former farmhouse and farm buildings near Maiden Plantation within Military exclusion zone not far from Arish Mell
Shaggs – a terrace of four estate cottages #51, #52, #54 & #54
Shaggs Cottage – property behind Manor Yard – built 1788 – Grade II Listed no. 1323339 –
Shaggs Cottages – six semi-detached properties
Ship (The) – inn in 1763 run by Robert Tucker – the property is likely to have been demolished as part of the village clearance to extend Lulworth Castle Park in the late 1700s.
St Mary’s Guild Hall – demolished c. 1996 as unsafe – was sited between the Grey House and Rose Cottage #14 and had been extended by 20 feet in 1924
St Mary’s House – Grade II listed no. 1323361 – mid 19-C –
St. Mary’s School – Roman Catholic school –
Stores (The) #31 –
T
Telephone Kiosk – now a mini library / reading room!
Tennis Court – formerly west of Glebe House
V
Vicarage – see Glebe House
W
War Memorials – the main memorial is directly opposite the exit from Lulworth Castle Park – given its dangerous position a new memorial was erected at Cockles –
Wareham Lodge –
Weld Arms –
White Gate Lodge –
Wintersweet Cottage – built c.2015 on site of demolished Heather Knoll on west side of Old School House
Woodside Lodge – a renovated 17th century hunting lodge on the edge of Lulworth Castle Park available as a large luxury house short stay rental from the Lulworth Estate – 7 nights from 19 June 2023 would cost £6,930 – it boasts seven bedrooms, a cinema room, a games room in a separate converted stable block and a heated swimming pool
Page last updated: 22 October 2022
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