Building record MDO45608 - Barn at Holt Lodge Farmh, Holt

An early 17th century, two-storey farm house with tiled roofs and timber-framed walls, partly rebuilt in brick during the late 18th century. It is on the site of the lodge for the Keeper of the Royal Forest of Holt.

A Barn (05260616), with walls of weather-boarded timber framework on brick plinths and with a thatched roof, has recently been demolished and rebuilt; the former structure was of the 18th century. The roof had trusses with cambered and braced tie-beams, queen-struts and collar-beams, supporting two purlins on each side. The tie-beams and collar-beams had upper braces to the principals. <1>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 33 (Monograph). SDO129.

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 212971 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 17 2023 10:03AM