Listed Building record MDO27723 - South Dibberford Farmhouse, Broadwindsor

Seventeenth century farmhouse with rubble-stone and dressed stone walls. Thatched roof, hipped at left hand and gabled at right hand with a stone gable-coping.

South Dibberford (name confirmed by occupier) is a well-preserved farmhouse, and is as described by Authorities 2 and 3. <4>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1930 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 46420372) South Dibberford (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 55 (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 covered with thatch, tiles or slates. Some of the buildings have exposed ceiling-beams and original fireplaces. … (27) South Dibberford, house 770 yards E.S.E. of (25), was built probably c. 1600, but substantially rebuilt late in the 17th century. It retains some original stone-mullioned windows with labels. Inside the building is a muntin and plank partition.'

<3> DOE (HRR), 1950, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Beaminster Rural District 1950, 11 (Scheduling record). SDO17358.

<4> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 20-MAY-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<4.1> Child, Mr, 1955, Oral: Mr Child (tenant), South Dibberford, Broadwindsor (Verbal communication). SDO18716.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 192960 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Nov 2 2022 1:38PM