Listed Building: THE MANOR HOUSE (105990)

SY 78 NW WHITCOMBE 6/98 The Manor House (formerly listed as 26.1.56 Whitcombe Farmhouse) GV II Farmhouse, extended at both ends and raised. Early C18 with much C19 refenestration and extension. Coursed and squared rubble walls, with brick dressings and brick quoins. Clay tile roof with stone slates at eaves, hipped at both ends. Brick stacks at left hip apex, ridge left of centre, and on ridge towards right hip apex. 2 storeys. 5 windows to ground floor, irregular fenestration, sashes with glazing bars, wood cills, cambered brick arches and concrete lintels. Two French windows, right of centre, with glazing bars, C20. Blocked doorway at oentre with brick dressings, former front door position. Front door is now situated in a C20 porch extension to south end wall, rubble stone and brick quoins. Door has 6 fielded panels, C20 with bracketed stone canopy over, C20. Continuous single storey outshut at rear of house, under a tile roof. Back door is 6 panelled, C20. Interior: mid chamfered ceiling beams. Outbuilding attached at north end, C19, rubble and brick walls with a clay tile roof over. Brick stack. French window to garden, C20, and 2 light casement to yard. (R.C.H.M. Dorset II, p.376 (2)). Listing NGR: SY7173988139

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Sep 9 2019 10:38AM