Building record MDO43587 - Thorncombe Farm, Blandford St Mary

THORNCOMBE FARM (85970283) house, is two-storeyed, with cob walls and a modern roof; it was built late in the 18th century. On the S. front the doorway is flanked by modern casement windows and there are three similar windows on the first floor. <2>

Thorncombe is described by Hutchins as `anciently a hamlet...the hill is entirely depopulated and only a barn remaining.' It was once a dated detached part of Turnworth parish and the site is now represented by a form in Thorncombe. <4>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1929 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 85970283) Thorncombe Farm

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 44 (Monograph). SDO146.

<3> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1968 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 8597 0283) Thorncombe Farm

<4> Good, R, 1979, Lost Villages of Dorset, 42 (Monograph). SWX1569.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205705 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jul 3 2023 4:00PM