Listed Building record MDO43412 - Manor Farm, Kington Magna

A two-storey house of ashlar with two parallel ranges; the north 16th century, the south 19th century. <2>

ST 76842308. Manor Farmhouse of two storeys with attics and walls of rubble with ashlar dressings is of the 17th century. <3>

Manor Farm (nameboard confirms), a farmhouse in good condition. The two-to-four-light stone mullioned windows have all been renewed, chimneys rebuilt in brick and modern additions made to the north and east sides. The west side has been pebbledashed. The southern range is dated AD 1882. Consequently the house is not outstanding. <4>

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

(ST 76852308) Manor Farm (NAT)

<2> DOE (HHR), Oct 1951, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Shaftesbury RD (Scheduling record). SDO17584.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 42 (Monograph). SDO99.

'(3) Manor Farm (76842308), house, of two storeys with attics, with rubble walls with ashlar dressings and with stoneslated and tiled roofs, is of the mid 17th century. The N. front has a chamfered plinth and a weathered and hollow-chamfered first-floor string-course. Inside a modern porch, on the W. of the projecting stair bay, is a doorway with a four-centred head with double ovolo mouldings, continuous jambs and chamfered stops. The stone windows are of two, three and four square-headed lights with recessed and hollow-chamfered surrounds; the three-light window in the stair bay is at mezzanine level, showing that the stairs are in the original position. The S. elevation is partly hidden by later additions, but plinth, string-course and several stone windows remain exposed. Inside, the original fireplaces are blocked and the stairs have been renewed; of original fittings only two chamfered beams are visible.'

<4> Phillips, A S, Various, Field Investigators Comments ASP, F1 ASP 28-JUL-77 (Unpublished document). SWX3817.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 202409 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 23 2024 11:23AM