Listed Building record MDO39367 - Druce Higher Barn, Druce, Puddletown

A barn built in the early part of the nineteenth century, later converted to a dwelling. The building has walls of brick in English bond, and a thatched roof.

Druce Higer Barn is of the early 19th century and has walls of English-bonded brickwork. The barn was originally of nine bays with weathered buttresses, but the two east bays are now in ruins and the west bay has floor and chimneys inserted, converting it into a cottage. <2>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 74559743) Druce Higher Bartn (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 228 (Monograph). SDO136.

‘The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of the 18th century and of two storeys, or one storey with attics; the walls are of brick and the roofs are thatched. … (18) Druce Higher Barn (74559743), over 2 m. N.E. of the church, is of the early 19th century and has walls of Englishbonded brickwork. The barn was originally of nine bays with weathered buttresses, but the two E. bays are now in ruins and the W. bay has a floor and chimneys inserted, converting it into a cottage.’

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 454818 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jul 28 2023 4:47PM