Listed Building record MDO4505 - Barn House, Church Walk, Motcombe

Late seventeenth or early eighteenth century house, with rubble walls with part slated and part thatched gable-ended roofs. Also adjacent on the south side is a small eighteenth century bakehouse. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

ST 8502 2530 Barn House. Early C18th or late C17th. Walls of squared rubble and thatched roofs; L-shaped plan. <1>

Barn House. House probably C17th origin. <2>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 50 (Monograph). SDO99.

'(5) Barn House (85022530), single-storeyed with attics, has rubble walls and thatched roofs ; it is of the late 17th or early 18th century and has an L-shaped plan. Inside, there are deeply chamfered ceiling beams with splayed stops, and open fireplaces, now blocked. Adjacent on the S. is a small 18th-century Bakehouse, of two storeys, with rubble walls and tiled roofs.'

<2> DOE (HHR), 1985, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: North Dorset District, 70 (Scheduling record). SDO17732.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 915744 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 23 2024 12:19PM