Listed Building record MDO28444 - Barn at Manor Farm, Stourton Caundle

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Summary

A barn attached to Manor Farmhouse, and thought to have been built in the 16th or early 17th century. The building has walls of rubble and a cruck roof covered with stone-slates.

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Full Description

'(4) Manor Farm (71451495), house, 300 yds. S. of the parish church, has rubble walls and stone-slated roofs and was built early in the 18th century; the sashed windows were probably inserted in the 19th century. Inside, the kitchen ceiling has a stop-chamfered beam; the stairs have turned balusters, moulded handrails and a panelled dog-gate, probably of the 18th century. Adjacent, on the W. and partly incorporated in the farmhouse, is a Barn that dates probably from the end of the 16th or the beginning of the 17th century; it has rubble walls and stone-slated roofs, transeptal exit bays to N. and S., and jointed-cruck roof trusses with arch-braced collar-beams. A Barn some 30 yds. S. of the farmhouse has rubble walls and stone-slated roofs and is probably of the 18th century; the roof rests on two jointed-cruck trusses and on four tie-beam trusses.' {1}

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2. 2. 268.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 7142 1494 (18m by 14m)
Map sheet ST71SW
Civil Parish Stourton Caundle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Stourton Caundle 4

Record last edited

Dec 19 2012 4:59PM

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