Listed Building record MDO45076 - Lower Kingsland Farm, Netherbury

Lower Kingsland Farm is a two-storeyed 17th century house of cob and rubble with a thatched roof. It retains an original muntin and plank partition. <3>

Lower Kingsland Farm (name confirmed by tenant) is as described above, although the front of the house has been concrete faced and a small modern porch added. The muntin and plank partition runs along the passage immediately inside the front door. According to Mr Chedd, it is said that Admiral Hood (1724-1816) lived here. <4>

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

(SY 45059781) Kingsland Farm (NAT)

<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), 175 (Monograph). SDO97.

<4> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 10-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<4.1> Chedd, W, Oral: W Chedd (tenant), Lower Kingsland Farm, Netherbury (Verbal communication). SDO19040.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 449929 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Dec 14 2022 4:39PM