Quarr Farm House
QUARR FARM HOUSE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1120290
- Date first listed:
- 13-Dec-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Quarr Farm House
- Statutory Address:
- QUARR FARM HOUSE
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Reference:
- IOE01/07093/15
- Rights:
- © Mr David Scott. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1120290
- Date first listed:
- 13-Dec-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Quarr Farm House
- Statutory Address 1:
- QUARR FARM HOUSE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- QUARR FARM HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Worth Matravers
- National Grid Reference:
- SY 98930 79695
Details
SY 97 NE WORTH MATRAVERS -
4/94 Quarr Farm House
- II
Detached farmhouse. C17 origin, extended to west in C18. C17 section appears to have extended further east. Rubble stone walls, stone slate roofs, brick stacks. 2 storeys. In earlier section, original doorway blocked and C20 metal window inserted. On first floor, a 5-light stone mullioned window - the centre light blocked. West of this a similar 2-light window. C18 section to west, taller, has gabled porch with slate roof and canted stone lintol. Ground and first floors each have 2 casement windows with glazing bars, those on ground floor with projecting stone lintols. At east end of the C17 section 2 projecting piers, possibly gatepiers to a former courtyard. Main ground floor room in C18 section has a good classical styled stone fireplace surround, dated 1651, moved from the C17 section. Other ground floor room has large open fireplace with timber lintol and bread oven. RCHM Monument 24.(Dorset Vol II).
Listing NGR: SY9893079695
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 109104
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Dorset, (1970)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 10-Jun-2026 at 21:54:53.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.