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Iwerne Minster, BLANDFORD FORUM, DT11 8LL

The school building frontage taken from the lawns and showing the main entrance and the open area to the front, formerly used for House assemblies each morning (1960's) and now a minibus parking area.

An independent school for infants, juniors, seniors with sixth form, occupying a grand house in fine grounds. We look down on it from the upper slopes of Hambledon Hill.

On the descent from Hambledon Hill on its east side, looking towards Iwerne Minster. A section of part of the north side of the village of Iwerne Courtney is visible at bottom right, and in the middle distance, Clayesmore School.

Located at the junction of Higher Street and Blandford Road (A350), Iwerne Minster war memorial erected in 1920 was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott. The memorial is based on the form of a medieval Dorset market cross. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1110194 Iwerne Minster is a small village on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, about 5 miles south of Shaftesbury and the same distance north of Blandford Forum. The village is within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Down Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is evidence of occupation since prehistoric times. The River Iwerne flows from a spring in the middle of the village. The original Minister is now St Mary's Church and was built by the Normans on the site of an earlier church.

The Old Cottage in Higher Street is a hall house of the early 16th century with the hall floored in the 17th century. There have been alterations in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. At one time it was converted into two cottages now reverted to one. Built in a mixture of flint rubble stone and brick with a thatched roof which is supported on four true cruck trusses. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1324637 Iwerne Minster is a small village on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, about 5 miles south of Shaftesbury and the same distance north of Blandford Forum. The village is within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Down Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is evidence of occupation since prehistoric times. The River Iwerne flows from a spring in the middle of the village. The original Minister is now St Mary's Church and was built by the Normans on the site of an earlier church.

Narrow section of main A350 Blandford Road at Iwerne Minster looking north toward Shaftesbury. The war memorial is on the right at Higher Street about opposite the car, whilst Clayesmore School is further on the left hand side.

Shop, post office and coffee shop.