Listed Building record MDO31811 - City Farmhouse, East Street, Sydling St Nicholas

A detached farmhouse built around the middle of the 17th century, with later alterations. The building has walls of flint, chalk block and Ham Hill stone, with a thatched roof and brick chimney stacks. A stable with loft over is attached to the southern end of the house; this building is built of stone rubble with a slate roof.

City Farmhouse is a C17th two-storyed building of coursed flint and stone with a thatched roof. The west front; has stone mullioned windows and the east front has wood casements. <2>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1903 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 633993) City Farm (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 234 (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 thatched or covered with modern materials. Some of the buildings have exposed ceiling-beams and original fireplaces. … (15) City Farm, house 30 yards S. of (14), retains some original stone-mullioned windows on the W. side and N. end. Inside the building are some moulded ceiling-beams.’

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453223 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 23 2024 3:18PM