Listed Building record MDO39216 - Grenestede, Hazelbury Bryan

A house the main range of which appears to have been built in the 18th century. The rear wing may originally have been a cottage, and is thought probably to have been built in 1618. This earlier part of the building is built of coursed rubble and cob, while the main part is of brick, and it has a thatched roof with brick chimney stacks. The 17th-century range has some windows with leaded lights, and is said to have a date on a ceiling beam.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 109 (Monograph). SDO146.

‘(32) FARMHOUSE (74940987) consists of two parts, a front range facing E. and a rear range at right-angles; the latter was originally an independent cottage. Both ranges have thatched roofs. The E. range, of Flemish-bonded brickwork patterned with blue headers, is of the 18th century and has a symmetrical, two-storied front of five bays, with a central doorway and casement windows; the first floor is marked by a plat-band and there is a coved eaves cornice; the gabled end walls are surmounted by chimney stacks. The cottage at the rear is of the 17th century. It has one storey with an attic; the N. and S. walls are of coursed rubble and the gabled W. wall is of cob. A small three-light window on the N. side has chamfered wooden mullions. Internally, the original partitions of the cottage are lost but the ceiling is supported on large stop-chamfered beams, one transverse and one longitudinal. At the W. end is a large open fireplace and to the S. of the fireplace is space for a winding stair; both these openings are spanned by a continuous chamfered beam with splayed stops on which is carved the date 1666. A house is shown in this position on Treswell's map of 1607.’

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Apr 19 2017 4:41PM