Listed Building record MDO10759 - High Orchards, Corscombe

A Detached 2 storey house of 17th and 19th century origin. Built of rubble-stone walls with a plain tile roof. Inside there is a blocked Tudor-arch doorway, c.1600.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 107 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘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. … (6) High Orchards, house on the N.E. side of the road 220 yards N.N.E. of the church, retains two original stone windows, one of four lights with a label. Inside the building is an original oak screen or partition having a doorway with a four-centred head.’

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Feb 11 2022 10:08AM