Listed Building record MDO14687 - Spring House, Longburton

A former open-hall house built in the fifteenth century, and ceiled in the late sixteenth century. The building was extended by the addition of a wing at right-angles to the north in the twentieth century. The building has rubble-stone walls and a thatch roof with gable ends and stone gable-copings.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 62 (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 covered with thatch or modern materials. Some of the buildings have exposed ceiling-beams and original fireplaces. … (5) Spring House, about 300 yards N.W. of the church.'

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Jan 5 2015 4:20PM