Listed Building record MDO11013 - Upton Manor Farmhouse, Loders

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Summary

A detached 16th century farmhouse with a rebuilt lower end (byre) dated 1655 and an early 18th century extension at the upper end. Built from coursed rubble-stone walls, with dressed stone walls at the right hand and thatch roof with stone gable-copings.

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The house was built in the 16th c and has a 17th c extension on the NE and an 18th c wing on the N.W. On an added gable is a store with the date 1655. <2> Known as UPTON MANOR FARM I know nothing of its history <3.1> . A well preserved stone built farmhouse with mullioned windows with dripstones in the south west but otherwise lacking external features of dateable antiquity. Dating in T2 accepted. <3> Date stone as in T2 bears the inscription ie 1655. Situated on the S.W gable. <4>

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<1> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1931.
<2> SDO97 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 140.
<3> SWX1255 Unpublished document: Rigg, J. Field Investigators Comments JR. F1 JR 02-MAY-55.
<3.1> SDO19797 Verbal communication: Ascott, Mrs. Oral: Mrs Ascott (tenant), Upton Manor Farmhouse, Loder.
<4> SWX2609 Unpublished document: Colquhoun, F D. Field Investigators Comments FDC. F2 FDC 10-MAY-55.
<5> SWX1290 Monograph: Newman, J, and Pevsner, N. 1972. The Buildings of England: Dorset. 256.
<6> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 451307.

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Grid reference	Centred SY 51132 93532 (24m by 22m)
Map sheet	SY59SW
Civil Parish	Loders; Dorset
Unitary Authority	Dorset