Listed Building record MDO10461 - Chapel Marsh Farmhouse, Beaminster

Detached farmhouse buiult in the late seventeenth century. Lias stone and rubble banded walls. Wooden shingle roof with stone gable-copings. Brick stacks at left and right hand gables. 2 storeys.

(1) 'The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of the 17th century and of two storeys; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are thatched or covered with modern materials. Some of the buildings have exposed ceiling-beams and original fireplaces. ... (51) Chapel Marsh Farm, house 1¾ m. N. of the church, retains a number of original stone windows, some with labels. Inside the building are two original muntin and plank partitions and an original fireplace with a four-centred head.'

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 26 (Monograph). SDO97.

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Nov 2 2017 11:05AM