Listed Building record MDO16037 - Holt Lodge Farmhouse, Holt

An early 17th century, two-storey farm house with tiled roofs and timber-framed walls, partly rebuilt in brick during the late 18th century. It is on the site of the lodge for the Keeper of the Royal Forest of Holt.

The official residence of the Keeper of Holt Forest (SU 00 SW 52) stood on the site now occupied by Holt Lodge Farm, and fragments of Elizabethan brickwork can be seen at the back of the house. <2>

Holt Lodge Farm, an early 17th century, two-storey house with tiled roofs and timber-framed walls, partly rebuilt in brick during the late 18th century. Several first floor rooms have 17th century oak panelling. <3>

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1967, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1966, 200 (Serial). SDO66.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1970 (Map). SWX1540.

(SU 05260623) Holt Lodge Farm (NAT)

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 33 (Monograph). SDO129.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 212970 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Feb 17 2023 9:53AM