Monument record MDO624 - Wyke Farm Barn, Castleton

Two Barns are probably both originally sixteenth century. They form one continuous single storey range about 230 feet long, with rubble walls and slate-covered roofs.

Two barns, probably 16th cent., with rubble walls and slate roofs, forming one continuous range about 230 feet long. They are within the manor of Wyke, which once belonged to Sherborne Abbey. <2>

Two barns, probably 16th century tithe barns, in excellent condition. Later building added to the north west end and a row of pigsties added to the north east side do not detract. Outstanding buildings. Detail correct on 25" MSD but not described. <3>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 70 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘(6) Wyke, house, barns and moat in the S.W. corner of the parish. The House is of two storeys with attics; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are covered with slates. It was built in 1650 by Eliab Harvey and there is a later 17th-century addition on the W. The N. Front has a doorway with moulded jambs and four-centred arch in a square head with the date 1650 in the spandrels. The windows are of two and three square-headed lights and above each range is a moulded string-course. The S. Front (Plate 99) is similarly treated and has a doorway of similar character; set between the storeys is a four-light window lighting the staircase. The E. and W. sides retain some original windows and the doorway in the E. wall has moulded jambs and four-centred arch in a square head; above it is a two-light window. The late 17th-century addition retains two, three, and four-light windows with moulded oak frames and mullions. Inside the addition are some exposed ceiling-beams. The Garden Walls, N. of the house, are of mid 17th-century date and retain two doorways with four-centred heads.
The Barns (Plates 50, 63), N.N.E. of the house, are two in number and are probably both of the 16th century. They form one continuous range (about 230 ft. long) of one storey with rubble walls and slate-covered roofs. The N.W. barn is of seven bays with two porches opposite one another; the S.E. barn is of twelve bays with two part bays and two porches on the N.E. side. The walls have two-stage buttresses. The roofs of both barns are of collar-beam type with curved braces under the collar-beams and curved wind-braces.

The Moat surrounds the house and is partly revetted in stone.’

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1962 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 60021460) Tithe Barn (NR)

<3> Phillips, A S, Various, Field Investigators Comments ASP, F1 ASP 04-NOV-77 (Unpublished document). SWX3817.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 199554 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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