Listed Building record MDO16155 - Woodlands Farmhouse, Woodlands

The main range of the farmhouse was built in the early 18th century, the block at the right end is of 16th century date and is the surviving part of the manor house. The 18th century range is probably the original stables of the house built around 1710. The 18th century range has brick walls and a hipped tiled roof with a coved plaster eaves cornice. The two-storey building has a round arched recess, probably a former carriage opening, which is now infilled with a door and a window. The roof of this section is of cruck construction which is unusual for a building of this date. The two-storey 16th century block is higher than the 18th century range, it is built of brick with tiled roof half hipped at the right end. Hutchins mentioned a chapel at the house in the 18th century, but none of the surviving features can be associated with the chapel.

(SU 04580821) Woodlands Farm (NAT) Chapel (NR) <1>

Woodlands Farm, a 2-storey building with brick walls and tiled roofs, belongs to the early 18th century but the south end incorporates part of a 16th century structure. Nothing found today, however, corresponds with the chapel and hall mentioned in Hutchins' description of the house of Mr Henry Hastings. The existing 18th century range probably originated as a stable adjoining the house of circa 1710 and was subsequently remodelled as a farmhouse. The cottage to the south west (SU 04560818), an early-18th century 2-storey brick and tile roofed building, appears to have originated as a coach-house no doubt associated with the stables. <2>

Attached to the principal range is a 2-storey building believed to have been a chapel. It is of brick and tile, with stone mullioned windows, some of which have cusped heads. <4> <5>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey map 6 inches to 1 mile, 1968 (Map). SDO17337.

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 112 (Monograph). SDO129.

<3> Hutchins, J, 1868, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 3. 3rd edition, 154 (Monograph). SDO11486.

<4> DOE (HHR), 1951, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Wimborne and Cranborne RD, 26 (Scheduling record). SDO17339.

<5> Swatridge, G C, Various, Field Investigators Comments GCS, F1 GCS 26-MAR-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1169.

<6> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213030 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Oct 21 2022 3:29PM