Listed Building record MDO11123 - Lower Farmhouse, Chedington

A two-storey farmhouse built in the 17th century and extended in the 18th century. The building has walls of flint and stone rubble and a thatched roof. In 1952 it was reported that the building retained several original stone-mullioned windows and internal features including ceiling beams, panelled partitions, and a doorway.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 89 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘(7) LOWER FARM, house 250 yards S.W. of the church, is of two storeys; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are thatched. It was built in the 17th century on an L-shaped plan and the W. wing was extended probably early in the 18th century. Several original stone-mullioned windows remain and one of these, on the S.E. front, is set in a projection. Inside the building are some exposed ceiling-beams, two panelled partitions and a doorway with an oak frame and four-centred head.’

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Dec 11 2012 4:42PM