Listed Building record MDO26951 - Glebe House, Powerstock and Nettlecombe

'The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of the 17th century and of two storeys' the walls are of rubble and the roofs are thatched or covered with modern materials. Some of the buildings have exposed ceiling-beams and original fireplaces. … (18) Glebe House, on the E. side of the road, 80 yards N. of the church, retains some original stone-mullioned windows with labels; the front doorway has moulded jambs and four-centred head; in the front wall is a sunk panel with the initials and date V.S. 1669. The back doorway has an original moulded frame, with a four-centred arch in a square head. Inside the building are two stone fireplaces probably of the 18th century. To the N.E. of the house is a building, formerly the dairy; it retains some original stone-mullioned windows.' (1)

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 185 (Monograph). SDO97.

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