Listed Building record MDO15988 - Didlington Farm, Chalbury

A farmhouse built in the eighteenth century, incorporating the remains of an earlier building, and with later additions and alterations. The two-storey building has brick walls and a tiled roof. An eighteenth-century description suggests that fragments of a former chapel could be seen; these have disappeared.

The farmhouse, built on the site of an ancient chapel, incorporates about twelve yards of the chapel wall and also the lower part of a large window and a door, suitably altered to the proportions of the farmhouse. The door posts, carved and fluted oak pillars, are of the type used in ancient churches. The font was extant in 1743 in a garden belonging to the house. <1>

(SU 00560770) Didlington Farm On Site of (NAT) Chapel (NR). <2>

<1> Hutchins, J, 1863, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 2. 3rd edition, 114 (Monograph). SDO9443.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey map 6 inches to 1 mile, 1902 (Map). SDO17338.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 3 (Monograph). SDO129.

‘(2) DIDLINGTON FARM (00560770), house, of two storeys with brick walls and tiled roofs, stands near the R. Allen, 1 mile N.W. of (1). The E. range appears to have been rebuilt towards the end of the 18th century, but the S. end of the range includes earlier masonry of brick and flint. Isaac Taylor drew the farm-house in c. 1770 (see (8)). The S. range was added in the 19th century. The fragments of a former chapel reported by Hutchins (III, 114) have disappeared. Inside, the house has no notable features.’

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213028 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Dec 24 2021 3:48PM