Listed Building record MDO14617 - Willow Tree Farmhouse, Leigh

A farmhouse thought to be of late 18th or early 19th-century date, possibly with a later extension at one end. The two-storey building has walls covered in plaster, and a slate roof with brick chimney stacks at the ends. In 1952 this house was described as being much altered by rebuilding and modernisation.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 131 (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. … (10) House, 120 yards W.S.W. of the church, has been extensively rebuilt and modernised.’

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May 29 2014 3:20PM