Listed Building record MDO13227 - Castle Farmhouse, Castle Lane, Okeford Fitzpaine

A house built in the 17th century, possibly early, and partly re-faced in the 18th century. The building has brick walls with timber framing, and a thatched roof with brick chimney stacks.

<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 204 (Monograph). SDO136.

‘(9) COTTAGE (80791114), at the S. end of a range of buildings 350 yds. N. of the parish church, is two-storied and has walls of rubble on the ground floor and of timber-framing on the first floor; the roof is thatched. The timber members of the W. and S. walls are set vertically and close together, with herring-bone brick nogging; on the E. side the timbers are set more nearly in squares (Plate 60). All windows are modern. The N. part of the range is of the early 19th century; the S. part is probably of the 17th century.’

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Aug 23 2024 12:24PM