Manor contents up for sale at Duke’s in Dorset

West Hall, located on the outskirts of Long Burton a few miles south of Sherborne, is an imposing stone-built manor house. The ancient iron-studded front door still bears the axe marks made by Oliver Cromwell’s Roundheads in the English Civil War as they tried to beat down the door. They suspected Charles I may have been hiding inside.

The Grade I-listed manor, which also retains its original oak staircase, was put on the market in …

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