Listed Building record MDO23658 - Westford Park Farmhouse, Thorncombe

(ST 33810349) Westford Park (NR). (1)

Westford Park is an early 17th century, flint and rubble house with later extension onthe north-west. It has a thatched collar-beam roof, original fire-place and some original stone mullioned windows. (2-3)

<1> DOE (HRR), 1950, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Beaminster Rural District 1950, 40 (Scheduling record). SDO17358.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 248 (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. … (42) Westford Park, house 1,430 yards N.N.E. of (41), has a later extension on the N.W. It retains some original windows and fireplaces with moulded four-centred arches in square heads.’

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 33810349) Westford Park (NR)

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 191524 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Apr 4 2022 2:36PM