Listed Building record MDO43421 - Church Farm, East Stour

A farmhouse built in the early nineteenth century. The building has walls of squared rubble with greensand ashlar dressings and a tiled roof with brick chimney stacks. The house is said to be on the site of an earlier building.

Church Farm was built in 1836 on the site of a dwelling mentioned in the time of Elizabeth I. Some of the original out-buildings remain, and there is also a large circular dovecote. <1>

The present house is of modern construction, but contains some re-used material. The out-buildings are modern and there is no sign of a dovecote. <2>

ST 79832285. Church Farmhouse of two storeys with rubble and ashlar walls is of the 19th century. <4>

<1> Shipp, W (ed), 1868, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 3, 632-5 (Monograph). SWX3207.

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 03-FEB-56 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1962 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 79832285) Church Farm (NAT)

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 16-17 (Monograph). SDO99.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 202415 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 14 2022 2:14PM