Listed Building record MDO10566 - Coombe Down Farmhouse

Later seventeenth century farmhouse with nineteenth century rear extensions, andaddition at south end circa 1925. Coursed lias stone walls. Slate roof with stone gable-copings. One brick stack at right hand gable, one twentieth century brick stack at front eaves. 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. ... (55) Coombe Down Farm, house ¼ m. E. of (5), has been altered and enlarged in the present century. The E. front retains a number of original stone-mullioned windows, some with labels; there are also some small windows with triangular heads.'

<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 12:00PM