Listed Building record MDO15993 - Farm Cottage and Cranborne Cottage, formerly Westworth Farmhouse, Edmondsham

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Summary

A farmhouse built in 1816, now converted to two dwellings. The two-storey building has brick walls and a thatched roof with a brick chimney stack. An added parallel range at the rear has a slate roof.

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

West Worth, a hamlet, tithing and farm, anciently a manor belonging to the Abbey of Bindon, mentioned in AD 1316. <1> Westworth Farm is a two-storey cottage with brick walls a thatched roof, advertised as newly-built in The Salisbury Journal in 1816. <3>

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Monograph: Shipp, W (ed). 1868. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 3. Vol 3, 3rd Ed. 425.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
  • <3> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East).
  • <4> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 213704.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SU 0778 1028 (24m by 20m)
Map sheet SU01SE
Civil Parish Edmondsham; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SU 01 SE 31
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 213704
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Edmondsham 11

Record last edited

Aug 19 2022 11:10AM

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