Listed Building record MDO8860 - Aller Farm House, Aller Lane, Hilton

Farm house, originally two houses, linked by roofing over a narrow passage between them. Left hand house late fifteenth early sixteenth century. Right-hand house probably early seventeenth century but altered, and extended to right in eighteenth or nineteenth century. Flint and rubble stone walls with some brick dressings. Hipped thatched roof; brick stacks along ridge.

Aller Farm was probably built in the 17th century but was subsequently enlarged and may at one time have been several dwellings. <1>

Aller Farmhouse. Originally 2 houses, possibly a unit system, linked by roofing over a narrow passage between them. 'The left-hand house in late 15th/early 16th centuries. Right-hand house probably early 17th century but altered.' <2,3>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 1:10,000 scale map, 1983 (Map). SDO17396.

(ST76700302) Aller Farm

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 113 (Monograph). SDO146.

<3> DOE (HHR), 1983, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: North Dorset District, 9 (Scheduling record). SDO17556.

Oct-1985

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 888334 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 14 2024 3:47PM