Higher Farm House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1986. Farmhouse.

Higher Farm House

WRENN ID
final-pilaster-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Country
England
Date first listed
8 October 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Source
Historic England listing

Description

LILLINGTON ST 61 SW HIGHER STREET (north west side) 2/70 Higher Farm House

  • II

Farmhouse. Late C16-early C17 origin, altered. Rubble stone walls, partly roughcast, thatched roof with stone eaves courses, brick end stacks and one right of centre. 2 storeys. At right angles to road. Probably originally of 3-room and cross-passage plan. C20 porch with lean-to stone slate roof. C20 battened door. Ground floor has 2 C20 casements and a pair of French doors - all with glazing bars. First floor has 4 similar casements. Right end section projects slightly. Interior modernised, but retains 2 late C16 or early C17 stone fireplaces: that in centre room with chamfered surround: that in right end room with moulded surround. Also in this room, 2 stone corbels above fireplace which originally carried ceiling beams.

Listing NGR: ST6258013066

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