Listed Building record MDO14047 - Town Farmhouse, 1 Market Street, Abbotsbury

Attached farmhouse in street. Mid eighteenth century with nineteenth century fenestration at rear. Grey ashlar stone walls, with a plat band. Hipped slate roof with tile ridging. Brick stack at ridge centre. 2 storeys. 2 windows, formerly 3.

'Middle Farm, house on the W. side of the road 100 yards N.W. of the church, has been refronted in the 18th century.' (1) Attached farmhouse in street. Mid.C18 with C19 fenestration at rear. Grey ashlar stone walls, with a plat band. Hipped slate roof with tile ridging. Brick stack at ridge centre. 2 storeys. 2 windows, formerly 3. Sashes with vertical glazing-bars and plain stone architraves. Front door at left hand, with grey stone voussoirs. Door with 4 recess panels and 2 top lights, C19. Blockings: 1) window immediately right of front door; 2) entrance between the windows and at far right hand end is the same blocking with coursed rubble- stone, and originally formed an entrance 5 metres wide, Rear range, forming an L-plan with a porch in the angle; 3 storeys, 3-light and 2-light wooden case- ments with glazing-bars. Rear wall of front block has cast-iron casements. Back door in the angle, plank with 9 glass lights and glazed-in porch. Attached stables at rear, rubble-stone walls, slate roof, hipped at left hand end. Loft over, with steps up to plank door. Left, single light to tack room. Plank door to stables at centre, right, 2-light casement. This description is derived from the associated designation record, the validity of which has not been checked.

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Jul 10 2017 11:31AM