HIGHER FARM HOUSE

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1153922
Date first listed:
08-Oct-1986
Statutory Address:
HIGHER FARM HOUSE, HIGHER STREET

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Location

Statutory Address:
HIGHER FARM HOUSE, HIGHER STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Dorset (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Lillington
National Grid Reference:
ST 62580 13066

Details

LILLINGTON ST 61 SW HIGHER STREET (north west side) 2/70 Higher Farm House

- II

Farmhouse. Late C16-early C17 origin, altered. Rubble stone walls, partly roughcast, thatched roof with stone eaves courses, brick end stacks and one right of centre. 2 storeys. At right angles to road. Probably originally of 3-room and cross-passage plan. C20 porch with lean-to stone slate roof. C20 battened door. Ground floor has 2 C20 casements and a pair of French doors - all with glazing bars. First floor has 4 similar casements. Right end section projects slightly. Interior modernised, but retains 2 late C16 or early C17 stone fireplaces: that in centre room with chamfered surround: that in right end room with moulded surround. Also in this room, 2 stone corbels above fireplace which originally carried ceiling beams.

Listing NGR: ST6258013066

Legacy

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Legacy System number:
106091
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

End of official listing

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Date: 18 Oct 1999
Reference: IOE01/01591/11
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