Listed Building record MDO27795 - Kingston Russell Farmhouse, Higher Kingston Russell, Kingston Russell, Long Bredy
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Summary
Mid eighteenth century farmhouse, with red brick walls in Flemish bond, with rusticated stone quoins and ashlar stone plinth.  Slate roof with stone gable-copings, levelled, and with scrolled kneelers.
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
                SY 59 SE KINGSTON RUSSELL HIGHER KINGSTON RUSSELL 
 
1/122 Kingston Russell Farmhouse 
 
 II* 
 
Detached Farmhouse. Mid C18. Red Brick walls in Flemish bond, 
with rusticated stone quoins and ashlar stone plinth. Dentil 
brick cornice. Slate roof with stone gable-copings, levelled, 
and with scrolled kneelers. Brick stacks at each gable end. 
T-Plan house, with C20 wing added parallel to C18 rear wing, 
on east side. South elevation: 2 storeys, 3 windows, tripartite 
sashes with glazing-bars and crown glass. Gauged brick arches 
with projecting white keystones. Stone cills. 3 C20 dormers have 
2-light casements with glazing-bars. Front doorway at centre, 
up 8 stone steps. Gibbs surround with brick and stone 
alternating, into semi-circular head with projecting dropped 
keystone, supporting a moulded cornice with stone pediment 
over carried on 2 large volute brackets. Rubbed brick in the 
spandrels. Rear service range in the same materials. 2 storeys. 
3 windows, sashes with the same detailing. Doorway on west 
side, with gauged brick head and projecting keystone. C20 
plank door. Small gabled wing in north-west angle, C18 with a 
rendered upper storey. Stone coping. Door is flush-panelled 
and with 4 upper lights, keystone over. Early C20 east range, 
brick walls and 3 gables with slate roofs. 2 storeys. 4 windows 
2- and 3-light C20 casements. Front door at left ground. The 
interior is not of special interest. (2)
            
        Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SDO17396 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map. 1:10000. 1975.
- --- SDO20283 Scheduling record: Department of the Environment. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: District of West Dorset (Parishes of Abbotsbury et al). 43.
- <2> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 451291.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 58189 91394 (20m by 20m) | 
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY59SE | 
| Civil Parish | Long Bredy; Dorset | 
| Unitary Authority | Dorset | 
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 59 SE 76
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 451291
Record last edited
Nov 13 2023 1:21PM
