Listed Building record MDO14514 - Church Farmhouse, Trent

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Summary

A farmhouse with a fifteenth century hall-house with cross-wings, running east-west and now truncated, at its core. The west wall of the building was rebuilt in the seventeenth century, and extensions added to the north and south. Another extension was added to the south end in the nineteenth century.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

[Centred at ST 58901853] CHURCH FARM [T.I.]. (1) CHURCH FARM: The house is of two storeys with attics, and was probably built late in the 14thc. or early in the 15thc. as hall and crosswings. Only the S. cross-wing of the original house remains. The hall was replaced by a short cross-wing probably in the 17thc., and the kitchen wing added about the same time. There is much 17thc. material visible externally, and some fragments of 15thc. work. The interior is mainly 16thc and 17thc. A pigeon house, N. of the building is 17thc. Rectangular in shape, it is partly of cob-walling. (2) Known as CHURCH FARM and scheduled as a building of architectural interest. Description T2 correct. A well preserved stone farm house with no visible modern alterations apart from a slate roof. In the upper floor of the most southern wall is a two light window of ecclesiastical type and on the adjoining East wall is a similar one but of one light. The majority of the windows are mullioned in 17th C style though some of the mullions have been extensively restored. The pigeon house at A is almost entirely of cobb. The nesting boxes are crudely formed but the building is well preserved and now used as a store-shed. Graphical material omitted. (3) Originally a 15th century hall house, with cross wings, but much altered and rebuilt, particularly in the 17th and 19th centuries. Now a farmhouse with associated ancillary buildings which include a dairy, a dovecote and a barn. Listed.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1938.
  • <2> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 257-8.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Rigg, J. Field Investigators Comments JR. F1 JR 06-JUL-55.
  • <4> Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. OS55/F172/7.
  • <5> Verbal communication: Mr Harris. 1955. Oral Mr Harris 6.7.55. Tenant.
  • <6> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 196029.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 5890 1850 (16m by 22m)
Map sheet ST51NE
Civil Parish Trent; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 118 005
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 51 NE 19
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 196029
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Trent 5

Record last edited

Mar 11 2022 10:01AM

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