Listed Building: ABBEY FARM HOUSE, INCLUDING FRONT BOUNDARY WALL (107571)

WITCHAMPTON ST 9806 LOWER STREET 13/112 Abbey Farm House, 18.3.55 including front boundary wall GV II Farmhouse. Early C18 origin, enlarged at north end 1773 (date in dark brick on end gable wall). Brick walls, tiled roof - half hipped, with ornamental bargeboard on projecting wing at right end. One brick stack at left end, one near right end. 2 storeys and attic. Plat band at first floor level. Added brick porch with hipped roof with deep eaves carried on ornamental timber work. Part glazed panelled door. Ground floor has 2 casements with lead lights under segmental arches. First floor has 3 casements with lead lights. Projecting wing at right end has, on first floor, an oriel window with hipped roof carried on shaped brackets. Similar brackets to cill. Casements with lead lights. Single storey addition at left end, with hipped roof. Internally, some deeply chamfered and stopped ceiling beams. Evidence of large fireplace, now built up. Some casements retain early scrolled fasteners. Brick boundary wall to road, with remains of shaped coping. (R.C.H.M. Monument 7. Dorset Vol V). Listing NGR: ST9890106329

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Oct 29 2007 5:40AM