Listed Building record MDO13833 - Blackberry Farmhouse, formerly Blatchfords Farmhouse, Fontmell Magna

A farmhouse thought to have been built around 1600. The walls of the building are of rubble and it has tiled roofs. Surviving features of the interior are reported to include a ceiling and an open fireplace.

Blatchford's Farm (82821854), of one storey with attics, has rubble walls and tiled roofs and was built circa 1600, probably with a class-F plan. The south front has been refaced and all windows and
doorways are new. (2)

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1962 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 83821854) Blatchford's Farm (NAT).

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 25 (Monograph). SDO99.

‘(17) BLATCHFORD'S FARM (83821854), of one storey with attics, has rubble walls and tiled roofs and was built c. 1600, probably with a class-F plan. The S. front has been refaced and all windows and doorways are new. Inside, the middle room, sub-divided by modern partitions, retains a nine-panel ceiling with four intersecting beams, and a large open fireplace.’

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 206039 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Oct 15 2022 3:07PM