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SY 59 SE LONG BREDY BAGLAKE FARM 1/152 Baglake Farmhouse and
attached wall to east
26.1.56 for 26 metres GV II* Detached Farmhouse. C17 house, with south block totally refashioned in early C18
under ownership of William Light. Coursed, squared rubble-stone walls, with stone
dressings. Plain clay tile roof with gable ends. Stone gable-copings with scroll
kneelers. Brick stacks, C19 renewals, at gable-ends, and on ridge right of centre.
South block, with 3 parallel rear wings having C17 evidence. South elevation:
2 storeys with attics. 7 windows, sashes with thin glazing-bars in recessed frames.
Stone cills. Upper central window with a segmental head. East gable-wall has a
single rectangular light with a small plank door. Front door at centre, with
6 fielded-panels, C20. Rusticated concrete architrave, C20. Wooden canopy with
large scrolled brackets in C18 style. Rear wings: east wing with dentil brick
cornice, c.C18, on east side. The rear wall has 2 cross-transom mullion windows
with hollow chamfers, C17, possibly reset; metal casements with lozenge leaded
lights, C20. Central wing with same window type. West wing with brickwork of
c.1800. Interior: south block of 3 rooms' width with large central hall, flagged.
Ceiling-beams roughly adzed. Two front rooms with complete bolection-moulded and
fielded panelling. Integral alcove,, left of centre with shutters. Egg-and-dart
surround to fielded-panel over fireplace. Fielded-panel window shutters, to ground
and first floor rooms with window-seats. Attached boundary wall to east of house,
rubble-stone base and chalk cob wall with a thatch coping. Door into garden with a
plank and slatted door and wooden lintel over.
(RCHM Dorset I, p.41 (3). C. J. Bailey, The Bride Valley (1982), p.39.))
Listing NGR: SY5557090581
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Sources
Books and journals Inventory of Dorset, (1974), 41 Bailey, C J, The Bride Valley, (1982), 39
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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