Listed Building record MDO16087 - Deans Leaze Farmhouse, Hemsworth, Witchampton

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Summary

A house built around 1760 as a coach-house for a country house that was demolished around 1835. The coach house was extended and altered for use as a farmhouse.

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Type and Period (2)

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DEANS LEAZE FARM (97450665), house, of one and two storeys with brick walls and tiled and slated roofs, dates from c. 1760. The building originated as a coach-house with adjacent stables and cottage, ancillary to a house which was pulled down c. 1835; the walls of the former coach-house etc. were then extended and altered for use as a farm house. In the S. front the two-storeyed central bay is of c. 1835; the single-storeyed wings are of c. 1760. <1>


<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 108 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘(15) Deans Leaze Farm (97450665), house, of one and two storeys with brick walls and tiled and slated roofs, dates from c. 1760. The building originated as a coach-house with adjacent stables and cottage, ancillary to a house which was pulled down c. 1835 (Hutchins III, 478); the walls of the former coach-house etc. were then extended and altered for use as a farm house. In the S. front the two-storeyed central bay is of c. 1835; the single-storeyed wings are of c. 1760.’

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1977 (Map). SDO17396.

(ST 97450665) Deans Leaze Farm (NAT)

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209306 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1975. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East). 108.
  • <2> Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map. 1:10000. 1977.
  • <3> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 209306.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 974 066 (23m by 17m)
Map sheet ST90NE
Civil Parish Witchampton; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 3 027 015
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 90 NE 36
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 209306
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Witchampton 15

Record last edited

Feb 2 2023 8:25PM

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