Listed Building record MDO10717 - Manor Farmhouse, Seaborough

A mid 17th century 2 storey farmhouse with a later 17th century wing. The walls are of ashlar and the roof is slate with a tile ridge and stone gable-copings.

Two storeyed house of stone with slate-covered roof. The west wing was built early in the 17th century, and the south wing, making the plan L-shaped, was added in the middle of the same century and extended south towards the end of the century. (2-3)

The house was originally a manor house, and is now known as 'Manor Farm' (a).

The description above is correct. A stone doorway surives on the south face, and there are mullioned windows of three and four lights. (4)

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

(ST 43070594) Manor House (NR) (Remains of)

<2> DOE (HRR), 1950, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Beaminster Rural District 1950, 33 (Scheduling record). SDO17358.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 199 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘(2) Manor Farm, house 60 yards E. of the church, is of two storeys; the walls are of stone and the roofs are slate-covered. The W. wing was built early in the 17th century and the S. wing, making the plan L-shaped, was added about the middle of the same century and extended S. towards the end of the century. The original wing has stone-mullioned windows of two, three and four lights; over the lower range is a moulded string-course and some of the others have moulded labels; the S. doorway has moulded jambs and four-centred arch in a square head. Two of the windows on the N. side have four-centred heads to the lights. In the W. wall of the S. range is a window of three four-centred lights. Inside the building, the E. wall of the original wing has a doorway with moulded jambs and four-centred head. Some of the ceiling-beams are exposed.’

<4> Swatridge, G C, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments GCS, F1 GCS 01-MAR-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<5> Mr Kenyon, Mr Kenyon occupier (Verbal communication). SDO17929.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 192928 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 7 2025 3:51PM