Building record MDO43414 - Higher Farmhouse, Nyland, Kington Magna

A farmhouse built in the seventeenth century. The building has walls of rubble, and until 1947 had a thatched roof. A stone set into the front of the house is inscribed 'T.D. 1632' and 'I.D. 1723'.

ST 73882217. Higher Farm house, Nyland, of two storeys with rubble walls, is of the 17th century; an inscription set into the south front reads 'TD 1632', together with 'ID 1723'. <2>

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

(ST 738221) Higher Nyland (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 43 (Monograph). SDO99.

'(30) Higher Farm (73882217), house, of two storeys with rubble walls and a tiled roof, is of the 17th century; until 1947 the roof was thatched. Set in the S. front is an inscription tablet with 'T.D. 1632' above and 'I.D. 1723' below. The N. elevation retains casement windows of three square-headed lights with chamfered timber surrounds. Inside, some rooms have chamfered beams with splayed stops. One room has an open fireplace with an oven.'

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 202492 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 12 2022 7:48AM