Listed Building record MDO10686 - Manor Farmhouse, Chedington

A two storey farmhouse built in the 16th century but much altered and enlarged in the 17th century. The building has stone walls and a tiled roof with stone gable copings. A panel in the porch has the name and date Thomas Warren, 1674. In 1952 it was noted that the building retained some original windows at the back and interior features including moulded ceiling beams and a panelled partition in the south wing.

(ST 48930560) Manor Farm (NAT) (1)

Manor farmhouse is two storeyed, of stone with tiled roofs. It was built in the 16th century, but was much altered and enlarged in the 17th century when the west front was remodelled and the porch
added. This front has 17th century stone-mullioned windows, the lower ones with moulded labels; the doorway of the porch is similar, and above is a penel with the name and date 'Thomas Warren 1674'. There are doorways with four-centred heads in the side walls of the porch. Some original windows remain at the back. Inside the building, the middle room has original moulded ceiling beams, and there is a pannelled partition in the south wing. (2-3)

"The house is known as Manor Farm I believe that it was originally a manor house, although it no longer carries Manorial rights. It has had very few alterations, and until 1936 the original roof
was in situ.

The datestone is '1634'; not '1674'. (4)

The description as given by Authorities 2 and 3 is correct except for the date of 1674 which is in the west face of the house. It could not be deciphered at the time of field investigation, but both Mr. Roberts and his wife were quite positive of the date as 1634. (5)

Manor Farmhouse with attached barn at rear. Both Grade II*. (6-7)

Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 148 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1930 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 48930560) Manor Farm (NAT)

<2> DOE (HRR), 1950, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Beaminster Rural District 1950, 14 (Scheduling record). SDO17358.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 89 (Monograph). SDO97.

’(2) MANOR FARM, house 90 yards N.E. of the church, is of two storeys; the walls are of stone and the roofs are tiled. It was built in the 16th century, but was much altered and enlarged in the 17th century when the W. front was remodelled and the porch added. This front has 17th-century stone-mullioned windows of three, four and five lights, the lower ones with moulded labels; the doorway has moulded jambs and four-centred head; the doorway of the porch is similar and has a moulded label and above is a panel with the name and date Thomas Warren, 1674. There are doorways with four-centred heads in the side walls of the porch. Some original windows remain at the back. Inside the building, the middle room has original moulded ceiling beams and there is a panelled partition in the S. wing.’

<4> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F2 JR 25-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<5> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 25-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<6> E F ROBERTS, E F Roberts owern occupier (Verbal communication). SDO17895.

<7> Department of the Environment, 1983, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: District of West Dorset, 62 (Scheduling record). SDO16336.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 192878 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 24 2022 2:36PM