Listed Building record MDO44594 - Burstock Grange, Burstock

Farmhouse constructed during the 17th century. It is of two storeys, built of ashlar with a thatched and slated roof. A modern addition is present on the northside.

Burstock Grange is a two-storeyed 17th century house with ashlar walls and a thatched and slated roof. It retains a number of stone-mullioned windows, some with moulded labels. There is a modern addition on the north. <2-3>

Burstock Grange is a farmhouse of stone construction, the southern portion having a thatched roof and mullioned windows. No information could be obtained during field investigation concerning the existence of a monastic grange at this site. <4>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1903 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 42430243) Burstock Grange (NR)

<2> DOE (HRR), 1950, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Beaminster Rural District 1950 (Scheduling record). SDO17358.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 57 (Monograph). SDO97.

'The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of the 17th century and of two storeys. The walls are of stone and the roofs are thatched. Some of the buildings have exposed ceiling-beams. (2) Burstock Grange, 600 yards S.S.E. of the church, retains a number of original stone-mullioned windows, some with moulded labels.'

<4> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 02-MAR-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 193080 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 3 2022 4:39PM