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Hooke Court


Coordinates: 50°48′07″N 2°39′59″W / 50.8019°N 2.6663°W / 50.8019; -2.6663

Hooke Court is a 17th-century house in Dorset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building built around the time of the English Civil War.

Standing in about 6 hectares (14 acres) of mature park and woodland, Hooke Court is on the outskirts of Hooke, a village in rural West Dorset. It lies at the foot of Warren Hill.

In the Civil War it was damaged by fire by Roundheads but repaired in 1647 by the Duke of Bolton. There had previously been medieval buildings on the site.

Hooke Court is today used as a residential study centre. In 2007 it was featured on the television series Time Team which attempted to discover the nature of the medieval buildings.


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