Listed Building record MDO17075 - Shitterton Farmhouse, Bere Regis

Detached farm house of early eighteenth century date, enlarged twice in the nineteenth century - small twentieth addition on south. Brick walls with a thatched roof. L-shaped plan. Original section of 2 storeys and attic -later additions one storey and attic.

5/22 II Shitterton Farmhouse
House brick and thatched. L-shaped plan. 2s. and attic. Sashes
and casements. Brick stacks. C.18. <2>

SY 839950. Shitterton Farmhouse of two storeys and attics, was built of brick in the early 18th century. In the mid 19th century
the south wing was extended, the addition being of one storey and attics. (The building is shown as Sitterton Farm on OS 6" 1968, this is no doubt for prudish reasons as Mills suggests in EPNS Dorset 1 1977 276). <3>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1902 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 839950) Shitterton Farm (NAT)

<2> DOE (HRR), 1952, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Wareham and Purbeck Rural District 1952, 6 (Scheduling record). SWX3230.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 1, 20 (Monograph). SDO148.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 456066 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 22 2024 4:28PM