Folke Manor

ST 61 SE FOLKE FOLKE VILLAGE

2/89 11-7-51 Folke Manor GV II*

Country house, late C15 or early C16 east wing, remainder of the house largely C17 with some later alterations. Coursed rubble with ashlar dressings. Gable ended slate roofs with stone copings and brick stacks in various locations. L-plan. Mainly 2 storeys with irregular fenestration. Windows are mainly C17 mullioned and mullioned and transomed, some having returned labels. There is a reset C15 window of 2 pointed lights over tne door. The doorway has a 4-centred head. 2 storied, gabled porch in the intersection of the 2 arms of the L. It has a round-headed arch with a moulded keystone. Internal features (RCHM): a number of C17 4-centred moulded fireplaces; C17 doors; C17 panelling; C17 staircase with turned balusters, moulded handrails and square newels carried up as round posts; moulded ceiling beams; C15/C16 roof trusses with braced collars and curved wind braces to the purlins. RCHM, Dorset, vol I, pp 111-2, no 2.

Listing NGR: ST6592013279