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A 2008 report indicated that the entire village was owned by the Bourke family and operated in the mode of "benevolent feudalism". A news item from 2015 confirmed the ownership and provided the following update about the community:<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/it-has-no-crime-full-employment-cheap-housing-and-is-owned-by-the-lord-of-the-manor-so-is-this-the-6806398.html|title=It has no crime, full employment, cheap housing... and is owned by the lord of the manor. So is this the perfect English village?|date=6 August 2008|newspaper=Evening Standard|accessdate=2 December 2020}}</ref><blockquote>The tiny hamlet, with its hotel, manor house, 40 cottages, farms and lumber yard has belonged to the Bourke family for more than 400 years, in a benign throwback to feudal times.</blockquote> | A 2008 report indicated that the entire village was owned by the Bourke family and operated in the mode of "benevolent feudalism". A news item from 2015 confirmed the ownership and provided the following update about the community:<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/it-has-no-crime-full-employment-cheap-housing-and-is-owned-by-the-lord-of-the-manor-so-is-this-the-6806398.html|title=It has no crime, full employment, cheap housing... and is owned by the lord of the manor. So is this the perfect English village?|date=6 August 2008|newspaper=Evening Standard|accessdate=2 December 2020}}</ref><blockquote>The tiny hamlet, with its hotel, manor house, 40 cottages, farms and lumber yard has belonged to the Bourke family for more than 400 years, in a benign throwback to feudal times.</blockquote> | ||
[[Chettle House]], the village [[Manor house|manor]], is a red brick [[Baroque]] mansion designed by [[Thomas Archer]], a pupil of [[John Vanbrugh|Vanbrugh]], and built by the [[Bastard brothers]] of Blandford Forum during the reign of [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]].<ref name= Gant>Gant, R., ''Dorset Villages'', Hale, 1980, p40</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ruraldorset.com/days/details.asp?FKID=2&ID=17 |title=Chettle House |access-date=26 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608205430/http://www.ruraldorset.com/days/details.asp?FKID=2&ID=17 |archive-date=8 June 2007 |url-status= | [[Chettle House]], the village [[Manor house|manor]], is a red brick [[Baroque]] mansion designed by [[Thomas Archer]], a pupil of [[John Vanbrugh|Vanbrugh]], and built by the [[Bastard brothers]] of Blandford Forum during the reign of [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]].<ref name= Gant>Gant, R., ''Dorset Villages'', Hale, 1980, p40</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ruraldorset.com/days/details.asp?FKID=2&ID=17 |title=Chettle House |access-date=26 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608205430/http://www.ruraldorset.com/days/details.asp?FKID=2&ID=17 |archive-date=8 June 2007 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> [[Nikolaus Pevsner|Pevsner]] called it "the plum among Dorset houses of the early 18th century, and even nationally outstanding as a specimen of English Baroque".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/great-house-sales-in-2015-81746|title=Country houses sold in 2015|date=30 December 2015|website=Country Life|accessdate=29 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/outdoors-the-thrill-of-the-chase-1170311.html|author=Jack O'Sullivan|title=Outdoors: The thrill of the Chase|date=8 August 1998|publisher=independent.co.uk|accessdate=8 July 2014}}</ref> Two rounded ends were added to the house in 1912.<ref name= Gant/> | ||
[[File:Chettle House (2) - geograph.org.uk - 1289858.jpg|thumb|Chettle House, 2009]] | [[File:Chettle House (2) - geograph.org.uk - 1289858.jpg|thumb|Chettle House, 2009]] | ||
From the 1950s to 2015 the house was a series of flats. After 2015, extensive renovations were completed by new owners; the house and gardens were closed to the public.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=3748|title=Chettle House: History, tourist information, and nearby accommodation|first=David|last=Ross|website=Britain Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2010/03/dorset-%E2%80%93-a-bird%E2%80%99s-eye-view/|title=Dorset a bird’s eye view Chettle House|date=3 March 2010|website=Dorset Life|accessdate=2 December 2020}}</ref> | From the 1950s to 2015 the house was a series of flats. After 2015, extensive renovations were completed by new owners; the house and gardens were closed to the public.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=3748|title=Chettle House: History, tourist information, and nearby accommodation|first=David|last=Ross|website=Britain Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dorsetlife.co.uk/2010/03/dorset-%E2%80%93-a-bird%E2%80%99s-eye-view/|title=Dorset a bird’s eye view Chettle House|date=3 March 2010|website=Dorset Life|accessdate=2 December 2020}}</ref> | ||
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Chettle is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of Blandford Forum.[1] 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 about 1 km to the south. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 90.[2]
A 2008 report indicated that the entire village was owned by the Bourke family and operated in the mode of "benevolent feudalism". A news item from 2015 confirmed the ownership and provided the following update about the community:[3]
The tiny hamlet, with its hotel, manor house, 40 cottages, farms and lumber yard has belonged to the Bourke family for more than 400 years, in a benign throwback to feudal times.
Chettle House, the village manor, 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.[4][5] Pevsner called it "the plum among Dorset houses of the early 18th century, and even nationally outstanding as a specimen of English Baroque".[6][7] Two rounded ends were added to the house in 1912.[4]
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From the 1950s to 2015 the house was a series of flats. After 2015, extensive renovations were completed by new owners; the house and gardens were closed to the public.[8][9]
A book about Chettle, "Enduring Village", was published in August, 2008.[10]
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