Listed Building record MDO41885 - The Old Rectory, Fifehead Magdalen

A house thought to have been built in the 17th century, though possibly earlier in origin. Altered and extended in the 18th century. The building has walls of coursed rubble, the front façade rendered, and a thatched roof with brick chimney stacks. Surviving internal features are reported to include chamfered ceiling beams.

ST 78052152. The Vicarage of two storeys with rubble walls, partly rendered, with ashlar dressings and thatched roof is probably of 17th century origin with 18th century alterations and enlargement. <2>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1962 (Map). SWX1540.

(ST 78052152) Vicarage (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 20-1 (Monograph). SDO99.

‘(6) THE VICARAGE (78052152), about 275 yds. W. of (1), is of two storeys and has rubble walls,in part rendered, with ashlar dressings, and a thatched roof; it is probably of 17th-century origin, with 18th-century alterations and enlargement. The 18th-century S. front is of six bays, with a plain string-course at first-floor level and with plain quoins at the S.E. and S.W. corners, that on the S.W. partly obliterated. The lower storey has four french windows and two two-light casement windows, all with moulded stone architraves; the upper storey has six uniform two-light casement windows. A wing projecting northwards at the E. end of the S. range has a heavy stone quoin, indicating that this part of the house is of earlier date than the S. range. The N.W. wing is of the 18th century. Inside the house, some chamfered and stop-chamfered beams are exposed.’

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 202442 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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