Listed Building record MDO28563 - Broomhills, Symondsbury

A house thought to have been built around 1700, with later additions. The building is described variously as having walls of cob, in places with more recent re-facing, or stone rubble. In 1952 the house was described as having original muntin and plank partitions preserved in the interior. The northern end of the building was formerly a dairy.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 239 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of the 17th century and of two storeys. The walls are of local rubble and the roofs are thatched. Many of the buildings have exposed ceiling-beams and original fireplaces. … (23) Broomhills, house over 1½ m. S.E. of the church, was built c. 1700 with cob-walls now partly refaced. Inside the building are original muntin and plank partitions.’

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Mar 20 2013 5:38PM