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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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)

  • --- Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map. 1:10000. 1975.
  • --- 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> 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

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