Listed Building record MDO44873 - Higher Abbotts Wootton Farm, Whitchurch Canonicorum

Some fragments of the Abbey Grange, including a 15th century window are incorporated in the farm near the manor-house (SY 39 NE 10) at Wotton Abbas. The manor formed part of the lands of Abbotsbury Abbey. <1>

Higher Abbots Wootton Farm is a 15th century two-storey stone-built building with a modern addition on the west. The roof is of collar-beam type and the kitchen has moulded ceiling beams. The south front retains an original doorway with four-centred arch and an original window of four trefoiled lights. <3>

The house is as described above. It is believed to have had connections with Forde Abbey. <4>

Higher Abbott's Wootton Farm Farmhouse. <5>

<1> Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds), 1863, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 2, 264 (Monograph). SWX1269.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1930 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 37949646) Higher Abbott's Wootton Farm (NAT) Abbey Grange (NR) (Rems of) (NAT)

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 164 (Monograph). SDO97.

<4> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 15-FEB-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<4.1> James, S, Oral: S James (tenant), Higher Wootton Farm, Whitchurch Canonicorum (Verbal communication). SDO18922.

<5> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 460 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 449732 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Nov 25 2022 4:07PM