Listed Building record MDO23602 - Westford Farmhouse, Thorncombe

Westford Farm, also known as Westford Farmhouse, is 16th century with 17th century extension. The walls are flint and rubble with a thatched roof of the collar-beam type with curved braces forming the wall posts. <1>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 243 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of the 17th century and of two storeys; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are covered with thatch or modern materials. Some of the buildings have exposed ceiling-beams and original fireplaces. … (43) Westford Farm, house 820 yards N. of (42) and 2½ m. W.N.W. of the church, was built in the 16th century and has a 17th-century extension on the N.E. The roof is of collar-beam type with curved wall-posts continuing the principals.’

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 33750423) Westford Farm (NR)

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 191523 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 11 2022 12:52PM