Listed Building record MDO30130 - Steps House (formerly Whitegate Farm), East Orchard

A late 17th or early 18th century house, of two storeys and attics with walls of squared and coursed rubble and thatched roofs. It was extended in later in the 18th century with the addition of a brick north wing, with thatch roof.

Whitegate Farm (83641660), house, of two storeys with attics, has walls of squared and coursed rubble and thatched roofs. The three-bay south range is of the late 17th or early 18th century and the north wing, with brick walls, was added later in the 18th century. Inside, one room has a stop-chamfered beam. (2)

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

(ST 83641660) Whitegate Farm (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 15 (Monograph). SDO99.

‘(6) WHITEGATE FARM (83641660), house, of two storeys with attics, has walls of squared and coursed rubble and thatched roofs. The three-bay S. range is of the late 17th or early 18th century and the N. wing, with brick walls, was added later in the 18th century. Inside, one room has a stop-chamfered beam.’

<3> English Heritage, National Heritage List for England, 1110453 (Digital archive). SDO12876.

Farmhouse, c1700 with later C18 rear wing. Squared rubble walls, rear wing in brick. Steep hipped, thatched roof with brick stacks rising from behind ridge. Symmetrical, 2 storeys and attics, 3 window range. 2-light casements with glazing bars. C20 glazed double doors. RCHM, Dorset, vol IV, p15, no 6.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 206034 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Jul 12 2022 10:49AM