Listed Building record MDO43243 - Elsdon's Farmhouse, Elsdon's Lane, Wootton Fitzpaine
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Summary
A farmhouse built in the seventeenth century. The building has walls of flint and stone rubble with some blue lias quoins, and a thatched roof with brick chimney stacks. The front door leads into a cross passage. A tablet over a ground floor window has the inscription 'King Charles II stayed here September 22 1651. Erected March 31 1902'. Surviving features of the interior are reported to include plank partitions in the cross-passage, chamfered ceiling beams and an open fireplace.
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Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SDO131 Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Records. SY 39 NW 4.
- --- SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 449756.
- --- SDO16350 Scheduling record: Department of the Environment. 1984. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: District of West Dorset (Parishes of Allington, Catherston Leweston, Charmouth, Chideock, Stanton St Gabriel, Symondsbury, Whitechurch Canonicorum and Wootton Fitzpaine). 47.
- --- SDO17327 Scheduling record: Department of the Environment. 1950. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Bridport Rural District 1950. p 29.
- --- SDO97 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 267.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 33749 95793 (22m by 19m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY39NW |
| Civil Parish | Wootton Fitzpaine; Dorset |
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Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 135 012
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 39 NW 4
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 449756
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Wootton Fitzpaine 12
Record last edited
Oct 18 2021 5:31PM