Listed Building record MDO45187 - The Manor House, North Poorton

A farmhouse built in the seventeenth century, formerly North Poorton Farmhouse. A wing was added to the south, probably early in the eighteenth century.

Farmhouse built in the late 16th century. Altered circa 1700 and in the 19th century. Known as Manor Farm or North Poorton Farm. The farm is built of stone with a thatched roof.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West) (Monograph). SDO97.

'(2) North Poorton Farm, house 200 yards N.N.E. of the church, is of two storeys with attics; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are thatched. It was built in the 17th century and the S. wing was added probably early in the 18th century. The building retains some original stone-mullioned windows with labels; the later S. wing has two doorways one with a four-centred and one with a square head; above the former and flanking the latter are oval windows; some early 18th-century windows of normal form, with labels, also remain.'

<2> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF041013 (Index). SDO14738.

North Poorton Farm, North Poorton

<3> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF029855 (Index). SDO14738.

MANOR FARM, NORTH POORTON

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 520973 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 509908 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 3 2023 2:35PM