Listed Building record MDO22173 - Madjeston Farm House, Madjeston, Gillingham

Early nineteenth century farmhouse, with a probably late eighteenth century rear wing. Built of coursed rubble and ashlar with a hipped slate roof, and brick chimney stacks.

Madjeston Farmhouse. Two - storeyed with coursed rubble walls and a thatched roof. Probably C19th. <2>

Madjeston Farmhouse. Early C19th probably with a late C18th rear wing. <3>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 31 (Monograph). SDO99.

‘(17) MADJESTON FARM HOUSE (80692512) has walls of coursed rubble and ashlar, and slated roofs. The three-storeyed S. range and N. wing are of the first half of the 19th century; a two-storeyed extension of the N. wing appears to be formed from a pair of 18th-century cottages. The ashlar-faced S. front of the main range is symmetrical and of three bays, with large sashed windows and with a central doorway sheltered by an ashlar porch with Roman-Doric columns.’

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1973 (Map). SWX1197.

(ST 8069 2512) Madjeston Farm [NAT]

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 912795 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

<3> DOE (HHR), 1985, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: North Dorset District, 44 (Scheduling record). SDO17732.

Record last edited

Jan 22 2023 12:19PM