Listed Building: WEST ORCHARD FARM HOUSE (108971)
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| Grade | II | 
|---|---|
| Authority | |
| Volume/Map/Item | 235/8/58 | 
| Date assigned | 12 November 1959 | 
| Date last amended | 
Description
                CHURCH KNOWLE         WEST ORCHARD SY 98 SW 8/58                                          West Orchard Farm                                               House (Formerly                                               listed as "West                                               Orchard") GV  12.11.59                                  II Detached farmhouse.  Late C16 - early C17, extended to east in C18 and to west in C19.  Rubble stone walls, stone slate roof, half- hipped at east end.  3 stone stacks on ridge, - one enlarged in brick.  2 storeys.  3 casement windows on ground floor and 2 on first floor.  Pair of french doors in east extension.  Evidence of earlier, blocked, windows.  Rear lean-to has stone walls and part tiled, part stone-slated roof.  Main ground floor room - in original section - has a moulded stone fireplace surround with 4-centred arch.  2 similar, simpler fireplaces on first floor. Arched doorway in west wall of original section. RCHM Monument 25 (Dorset Vol II)
Listing NGR: SY9410680770
            
        Location
| Grid reference | SY 9410 8076 (point) | 
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | Church Knowle; Dorset | 
| District (historic) | Purbeck | 
| Unitary Authority | Dorset | 
External Links (1)
- View details on the National Heritage List for England (From EH UDS to Legacy x-reference)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 21 2007 2:13AM