Building record MDO45614 - Haywards Farmhouse, Verwood

A farmhouse built in the eighteenth century. It was originally a cottage with cob walls and was extended and heightened around the middle of the nineteenth century. The south side of the building was faced with brick at the same time. It is reported that a fireplace has date '1703'.

Hayward's Farm was originally an 18th century cob walled cottage. In the mid 19th century it was extended, heightened and faced on the south with brickwork. A ground-floor fireplace, recently concealed, is said to bear the date 1703. <2>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1970 (Map). SWX1540.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 73 (Monograph). SDO129.

'(9) Hayward's Farm (08140824), house, of two storeys, originated in the 18th century as a cob-walled cottage with a class-J plan. In the mid 19th century it was extended, heightened, and faced on the S. with brickwork. A ground-floor fireplace recently concealed is said to have the date 1703 carved on the bressummer.'

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 212978 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Feb 17 2023 11:18AM