COWDEN FARMHOUSE
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1153973
Date first listed: 10-Mar-1987
Statutory Address: COWDEN FARMHOUSE
Map
© British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2019. All rights reserved. Licence number 102006.006.
Use of this data is subject to Terms and Conditions.
The above map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. For a copy of the full scale map, please see the attached PDF - 1153973 .pdf
The PDF will be generated from our live systems and may take a few minutes to download depending on how busy our servers are. We apologise for this delay.
This copy shows the entry on 19-Jan-2019 at 00:00:47.
Location
Statutory Address: COWDEN FARMHOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Dorset
District: West Dorset (District Authority)
Parish: Charminster
National Grid Reference: SY 67767 93998
Summary
Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details.
Reasons for Designation
Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details.
History
Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details.
Details
CHARMINSTER
SY 69 SE
7/11 Cowden House
- II
Detached farmhouse. Mid C17, with C16 windows inserted in C20. C19
extension by one bay to west. Random flint rubble walls. Thatch roof,
gabled at east end and hipped at west end. Brickstacks just in from hip
apex and at east gable. 1½ storeys. 3 windows originally, now four.
Fenestration: 2:2: door: 2:3 lights. Inserted Ham stone mullions with
large hollow chamfers and 4-centred heads. Iron casements with lead lights,
including considerable releading. West window in additional bay - square
headed lights. All ground floor windows have separate returned labels
over. Large 2-light eyebrow dormers aligned with the windows below, C20
casements with horizontal glazing bars. Front doorway originally left of
centre, now at centre, C18 brick jambs, plank door with one glazed light in
a wood frame. Interior: 3 unit plan originally with unheated central
room. Cross passage survives, with remains of plank and muntin
partitioning. Dog-leg stair now on rear wall of former central room. Open
fireplace in east room has stone jambs made up from C16 window frames and
mullions, and corbels. Chamfered wood lintel over. False access to bread
oven created C20. Heavy chamfered ceiling beams with stepped stops. (RCHM
Dorset III, p70(16)
Listing NGR: SY6776793998
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 106199
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Dorset, (1970), 70
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