Little Toller Farmhouse, Toller Fratrum, Dorset: Building Analysis and Survey
Author(s): H Winton
Little Toller Farmhouse is a Grade II* building (NHLE 1228875) on the Heritage at Risk Register. A fire in July 2015 caused damage to the roof and first floor and subsequent investigation found structural issues. The Historic England regional Planning Team requested a survey and analysis of the building in order to provide a well-informed response in advance of repairs to the house. The roof structure is particularly noteworthy and comprises two slightly different forms of collar-rafter roof. This was designed to support a barrel-vaulted ceiling of which only fragments survive. Dendrochronological analysis established that the eastern and central part of the roof was constructed from timber felled in the mid-1550s. Although the fire caused damage to the central parts of the roof most of the original 16th century fabric is still in place.
- Report Number:
- 23/2018
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 98
- Keywords:
- Building Recording Plaster Standing Building Architectural Investigation
