Listed Building record MDO14764 - The Old Court House including front boundary walls, Yetminster

Detached house. Mid-late C17, with later C17 or C18 extension at right end. Rubble stone walls, with some remains of old plaster, and ashlar quoins and dressings. Tiled roof with coped gables, 2 brick stacks on ridge, one being at front of gabled projection.

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

‘The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of the 17th century and of two storeys; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are thatched or covered with modern materials. Some of the buildings have exposed ceiling-beams and original fireplaces. … (13) Court House, 45 yards E. of (12), retains many of its original stone-mullioned windows with labels; the front doorway has a moulded frame and segmental head; the door is original and has strap-hinges. Inside the building are many of the original muntin and plank partitions. A room in the S. wing is lined with early 18th-century bolection-moulded panelling.’

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Jul 17 2015 11:19AM