Listed Building record MDO26265 - Little Kington Farm, West Stour

Little Kington is generally regarded as an ancient settlement, albiet a small one which is represented by the form bearing that name. <2>

ST 77522318. Little Kington Farmhouse, of two storeys, was originally of one storey with attics, and dates from the end of the 17th century. <3>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1962 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 77522318) Little Kington Farm (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 117 (Monograph). SDO99.

'(3) Little Kington Farm (77522318), house, about 2/3 m. N.W. of (1), is of two storeys, but originally was of one storey with attics. It has rubble walls and tiled roofs and dates from the end of the 17th century. The E. front is of four bays, the entrance being in the second bay from the S. On the ground floor the N. and S. bays have original stone casement windows of four lights with chamfered surrounds and moulded labels. The doorway is modern and the window in the adjacent bay is a modern replica of those to N. and S. Between the doorway and the modern window is a small original loop. On the first floor each bay has a modern three-light casement window.'

<3> Good, R, 1979, Lost Villages of Dorset, 45 (Monograph). SWX1569.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 202457 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 11 2022 6:23PM