Building record MDO44912 - Lower farm, Gussage St Michael

Late 18th century farmhouse and late 18th century granary and barn. The farmhouse is of two storeys with attics, has walls partly of brick and with ashlar plinths and is partly tile-hung. It has tiled roofs. The granary is square in plan with brick walls raised on arches. The barn has weather-boarded walls above brick plinths.

(ST 98731153) Lower Farm (NAT). <1>

Lower Farm house, of two storeys with attics, has walls partly of brick and with ashlar plinths and partly tile-hung. It has tiled roofs and is of the late 18h century. The north east front is symmetrical, with a central doorway flanked by sashed windows and with casement windows in the upper storey.

Some 50 yards north of the farmhouse is a granary, square on plan, with brick walls raised on arches and a barn with weather-boarded walls above brick plinths and a roof with collared and braced tie-beam trusses. Both buildings are of the late 18th century. <2>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 23 No 3 (Monograph). SDO129.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 210119 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Nov 30 2022 4:02PM