Listed Building record MDO11069 - Lower Sturthill Farmhouse, Shipton Gorge

A farmhouse thought to have been built in the seventeenth century, but much altered in the 19th century. Built of rubble-stone walls with large dressed quoins and some brickwork at the eaves. The roofs are either clay-tile or roman-tile.

The farm-house called BROAD STURTHILL is mentioned in an inquisition taken at BLANDFORD in 1639. <1>

The E wing of the house is of 17THC. date, but the rest is modern. <3>

The house and farm buildings now go by the name of LOWER STURTHILL FARM, taking the name from the ruined holding 1100 yds to the S.S.W. <4>

The E. wing is of two storeys, built of stone and some brick, with a modern tiled roof. The wing has 4-light mullioned
windows on the N and S. faces. <5>

<1> Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds), 1863, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 2, 284 (Monograph). SWX1269.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1930 (Map). SWX1540.

[SY 52179170] BROAD STURTHILL [T.I.]

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 223 (Monograph). SDO97.

<4> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 06-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<4.1> Fry, E, Oral: Mr E Fry (occupier), Lower Sturthill Farm, Shipton Gorge (Verbal communication). SDO19810.

<5> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F2 NVQ 06-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 451383 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

May 3 2023 4:40PM