Building record MDO43720 - Chaffeigh Farm, Thorncombe

Chaffeigh Farm is an L-shaped, two-storey 17th century building of flint and rubble with a thatched roof and 18th century addtions. Some stone mullioned windows with labels are original. Grade II. <1-2>

The granary north-east of the house, probably 17th century, is a circular building of rubble and flint with a conical slate roof. Grade II. Chaffeigh Farm was destroyed by fire in 1966. <4>

<1> DOE (HRR), 1950, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Beaminster Rural District 1950, 38 (Scheduling record). SDO17358.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 248 (Monograph). SDO97.

'The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of the 17th century and of two storeys; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are covered with thatch or modern materials. Some of the buildings have exposed ceiling-beams and original fireplaces. … (9) Chaffeigh Farm, house ¾ m. N.E. of the church, has a later 17th-century wing at the back. The building retains many of its original stone-mullioned windows, some of them with labels. The Granary, N.E. of the house, is a circular building of rubble with a conical roof.'

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

(ST 38580402) Chaffeigh Farm (NR)

<4> 1968, Large Scale / Small Scale Map Revisers Comment- SS Rev Aug 68, SS Rev Aug 68 (Unpublished document). SDO17932.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 191501 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Sep 15 2022 2:25PM