Listed Building record MDO16079 - Potterne House, Potterne Way, Verwood

A house, formerly a farmhouse built in the late 17th or early 18th century, with later additions. The building has walls of cob, the upper parts hung with tiles, and a tiled roof with brick chimney stacks. In 1975 it was reported that surviving internal features included some chamfered ceiling beams and the original roof structure. This is reputedly the site of a medieval manor house and chapel though, as yet, no evidence has been found to support this.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 73 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘(10) POTTERNE HOUSE (09520746), formerly a farmhouse with cob walls and tiled roofs, dates from early in the 18th century. It comprises a two-storeyed front range with a tile-hung upper storey, and two rear ranges at right-angles to the front of one storey with attics. There are recent additions on the N. and E. and the house has been modernised, but the interior retains chamfered ceiling beams. Several doors have L and H-shaped iron hinges, and fielded panels.’

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 212979 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 29 2023 1:39PM