Listed Building record MDO8917 - Manor Farm House, Milborne St Andrew

A farmhouse on the site of Milborne House, and thought probably to incorporate part of that building. Milborne House was remodelled in 1729 and demolished in 1802. The present farmhouse appears to be mainly of 18th-century date. The walls of the building are of brick, partly covered in plaster, and a roof of stone slates and tiles with brick chimney stacks. Features of the interior are reported to include 18th-century fireplace surrounds and some chamfered ceiling beams.

The site of the manor house as shown on OS 6" 1902 is now part of a grass field. There are no visible remains except two entrance gate pillars situated 100m. north west of the site. Hutchins (a) refers to this site when he mentions and illustrates the stone built "mansion-house at Milborne, formerly inhabited by the Mortons and Pleydells" which was probably built by Sir George Morton (died 1661) and demolished in 1802. <2>

SY 80249714. Manor Farm of 'Half-H plan' is a partly brick and partly rendered building of two storeys with attics, standing on the site of and probably incorporating part of Milborne House, which was repaired in 1729 and demolished in 1802. Ashlar gate piers (SY 80189727) situated 100 yards north west of the house are probably 17th century and to the north and east of the house are extensive 18th century walled gardens. <3>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1902 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 80229717) Manor House (NR) (Site of) (NAT) (SY 80249715) Manor Farm (NAT)

<2> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 26-OCT-54 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<2.1> Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds), 1863, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 2, 597-8 (Monograph). SWX1269.

<3> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 177-178 (Monograph). SDO136.

‘(3) MANOR FARM (80249714), house, 300 yds. S.E. of the church, is of two storeys with attics and has walls partly of brick and partly rendered, and roofs which are tiled in the upper part and stone-slated below. The plan is a half-H with the recess turned westwards. Hutchins (II, 598), referring to Milborne House, the seat of the Morton and Morton Pleydell family from the 15th to the 19th century, describes and illustrates a three-storied stone-fronted mansion, probably of the first half of the 17th century, with its main front turned S., as is shown by the stretch of water in front, the bed of which still remains. This house was improved and repaired in 1729 and was dismantled in 1802. The present farmhouse stands on the site of Milborne House and probably incorporates part of it.
The present S. front is rendered and of three bays, with a central doorway, sashed windows on either side and three corresponding openings on the first floor; it appears to be of the early 19th century. A plat-band occurs between the storeys. On the W. front the recessed three-bay central part has a central doorway with a moulded stone architrave of the early 18th century, masked by a later ground-floor addition; on the first floor are modern casement windows. The projecting wings to N. and S. have single W. windows on the ground floor only. On the E. front the first-floor windows have early 18th-century two-light casements with wooden frames and mullions. In the middle of the E. front, a projecting external chimney-breast supports a square brick chimney-stack with panelled sides; a similar stack rises from the ridge of the N. wing; these stacks are probably of the 18th century. The interior of the house appears to be entirely of the early 19th century and later, except for some 18th-century chamfered ceiling beams, possibly reused.
Ashlar Gate Piers (80189727), 100 yds. N.W. of the house, are probably of the late 17th century and have rusticated shafts with moulded plinths and cornices. To N. and E. of the house are extensive 18th-century Walled Gardens and to the S.E. is a 17th-century Barn with brick walls and a tiled roof.’

<4> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 455854 (Index). SDO14738.

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