Building record MDO47149 - Old Barford, Pamphill

Earthworks associated with a deserted medieval settlement and its associated field system are visible at Lower Barford on aerial photographs and current Lidar imagery. The features include probable settlement earthworks, banked and ditched historic field boundaries and areas of probable medieval ridge and furrow. Ruined structures towards the western edge of the site correspond with buildings recorded on the OS 1st Edition map; probably associated with the site of 17th/18th Century Old Barford. The features were digitally plotted by the Dorset Stour NMP project.

SY 96359996. Old Barford house of one storey with attic has walls partly of brick and partly timber-framed, now derelict. The timber-framed building appears to be 17th century. In the 18th century a brick range was built beside it, probably using the original structure as a service wing. <2>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1960 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 96359996) Old Barford (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 48 (Monograph). SDO129.

'(12) Old Barford (96359996), house, of one storey with an attic, with walls partly of brick and partly timber-framed and formerly with thatched roofs, is now derelict. The timber-framed building has a class-I plan and appears to be of the 17th century. In the 18th century a brick range with a class-T plan was built beside it, probably using the original structure as a service wing.'

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457202 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Sep 20 2023 12:08PM