Aller Farm House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1985. A C15 Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Aller Farm House
- WRENN ID
- scarred-gutter-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Aller Farm House is a Grade II listed farmhouse that was originally two houses, possibly part of a unit system, connected by a roof over a narrow passage. The left-hand house dates from the late 15th to early 16th century, while the right-hand house is likely from the early 17th century but has been altered and extended to the right in the 18th or 19th century. The building features flint and rubble stone walls with some brick dressings and has a hipped thatched roof with brick stacks along the ridge.
The front wall has five buttresses and a flush panel door located in a 20th-century thatched porch. The ground floor includes nine casement windows, one with lead lights and the others with glazing bars, some of which are in altered openings. The attic has ten dormers, five with lead lights, one with cast iron glazing, and four with casements featuring glazing bars. There is also a 20th-century two-storey rear extension built in matching materials, along with a small flat-roofed extension.
The left-hand section was originally an end-hall house with a two-bay hall that was open to the roof and service rooms on the right. The hall was floored over and a stack was inserted in the early 17th century. This section retains two smoke-blackened jointed cruck trusses, with the center turning off the hall and a braced collar. A part of a cruck post is visible on the ground floor, and there is a shouldered arched doorway. The inserted stack has stone jambs and a timber lintel, with deep chamfered beams supporting the inserted floor. A second inserted stack remains, featuring a large open fireplace. In the right-hand section, some chamfered ceiling beams are present. The house underwent considerable restoration around 1980, but many early internal features have been preserved.
The front boundary wall is made of flint and brick.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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