Manor Farmhouse

STOCKWOOD ST 50 NE Manor Farmhouse 2/131 11.7.51 II Detached Farmhouse. Late C17. Coursed and squared rubble walls with ashlar quoins. Thatch roof with gable ends and stone gable-copings. Brick stacks at gable ends, C19 and C20. Two storeys and attics. 5 windows, regular and symmetrical fenestration, stone mullions (hollow-chamfers) with a continuous string-course over,returned at the ends; windows are of 3, 2, 2, 2, 3 lights, iron casements with rectangularly leaded and fixed lead lights. Two casements to right gable (attic) window. Front door at centre, plank door with 2 glazed lights, C19. Gabled C19 porch. Outshuts at either end are both C19. Interior: plan, end rooms with fireplaces, dog-legged cross-passage at centre with central staircase and small store room beneath the stairs. Stair-position possibly altered since C17. Mid-chamfered ceiling-beams in north and south rooms. (RCHM. Dorset I, p.224(3). R Machin, The Houses of Yetminster, 1978, pp.101-102)

Listing NGR: ST5888007460