Listed Building record MDO10782 - Sockety Kennels, Ford Lane, South Perrott

Former 18th century farmhouse, of coursed, dressed stone walls and asbestos slate roof with gable ends. Inside, an inglenook fireplace with bread oven can be found.

Sockety Farm is of 17th century origin, but has been largely rebuilt. It retains three original stone windows. <2>

Sockety Farm (name confirmed by owner) is a modern-looking farmhouse of stone. The south wall, which has been faced in concrete, has three mullioned windows without dripstones. <3>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1938 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 48060680) Sockety Farm (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 178 (Monograph). SDO97.

<3> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 23-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<3.1> Bartlett, Mrs, Oral: Mrs Bartlett (owner), Sockety Farm, Ford Lane, South Perrott (Verbal communication). SDO18775.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 192866 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 14 2022 9:32AM