Listed Building record MDO16095 - Abbey Farmhouse, Witchampton

A house built in the early part of the eighteenth century, with a later wing to the north-east. The builing has walls of brick and tiled roofs, and the later wing has '1773' inscribed in brickwork on the gable.

(7) Abbey Farm (98900633), house, of two storeys with attics, has brick walls and tiled roofs. The S. range dates from the first third of the 18th century and has a symmetrical E. front of three bays with square-headed two-light casement windows in both storeys. A brick platband marks the level of the first floor. The N.E. wing,
added in 1773, is dated by an inscription in brickwork on the N. gable.

A stable adjacent on the N., with brick walls and a tiled roof, similarly bears the date 1783. <2>

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

(ST 98900633) Abbey Farm (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 108 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘(7) Abbey Farm (98900633), house, of two storeys with attics, has brick walls and tiled roofs. The S. range dates from the first third of the 18th century and has a symmetrical E. front of three bays with square-headed two-light casement windows in both storeys. A brick plat-band marks the level of the first floor. Inside, the plan is of class T. The N.E. wing, added in 1773, is dated by an inscription in brickwork on the N. gable.
A stable adjacent on the N., with brick walls and a tiled roof, similarly bears the date 1783.’

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209299 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 23 2024 4:22PM