15 examples of incredible architecture in Dorset

PUBLISHED: 10:55 07 March 2017 | UPDATED: 10:55 07 March 2017

Harry Maddock

Sherborne Abbey Interior by Jack Pease (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) via flic.kr/p/pBnnGF

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From cottages to castles, Dorset is blessed with some beautiful buildings…

1. Corfe Castle

2. Christchurch Priory

3. Kingston Lacy

4. Gold Hill

5. Sherborne Castle

6. Shaftesbury Abbey

7. Portland Castle

8. Sherborne Abbey

9. Highcliffe Castle

10. Lulworth Castle

11. Any cottage across the county…

12. Athelhampton House

13. Minterne House

14. Mapperton Estate

15. Wolfeton House

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