The Griffin'S Head

NETHER COMPTON NETHER COMPTON VILLAGE ST 5917 13/59 The Griffin's Head 11.7.51 GV II Detached Inn. Dated 1599, with C19 and C20 alterations. Coursed rubble stone walls. Projecting stone bench to front stack. Plain clay-tile roofs with gable ends. Roman tile roof at left hand end. Stone gable-coping at left hand and with apex-block, and to front stacks embrasure. Brick stacks on inner left hand gable, on front stack gable, and on right hand gable. Two storeys and attics. Main range at centre, 4 windows, 2- and 3-light wood casements with glazing bars, wood cills and lintels. C19 and C20 to right of front stack. Blocking towards left end. Front entrance immediately left of front stack, plank door with strap- hinges. Concrete lintel over. Range butted on at left hand end, 1½ storeys. 2 windows, 3-light and 2-light wood casements with glazing bars. Wood cills and lintels. Door, left of centre, plank with strap-hinges. The rear of the premises has pentice-roofed outhouses. Interior: deep-chamfered ceiling beams, C17. Open fireplaces, left hand end, chamfered wood lintel and rebuilt stone jambs. Front fireplace, also with rebuilt jambs. The attached, restored range at east end is not of special interest. (RCHM, Dorset I, p 102(9).

Listing NGR: ST5976817500