Wake Court Farmhouse

ST 71 SW BISHOP'S CAUNDLE

2/20 11-7-51 Wake Court Farmhouse - II

Farmhouse of 2 parts, a C16 north wing and an early C18 east wing. C18 wing, rendered and colourwashed; hipped, stone-slate roof with tiles to ridge. 2 C20 brick replacement stacks part-way in along ridge. 2 storeys and attic, 4 window range. C20 3-light casements except to second bay which has a similar 2-light window. 3 C20 2-light hipped dormers. All windows with single horizontal glazing bar. C20 porch right. C16 wing of coursed rubble with stone-slated, gabled-ended roof with stone coping and end C20 brick stacks. 1 ½ storeys, 4 window range. South facade has C20 French doors under segmental stone arches. Upper floor has hipped dormers with 2-light casements having single horizontal glazing bars. C20 single storey block in southern intersection of 2 ranges. Probably C18 connecting range between 2 main ranges. Modernized internally but there is a fireplace with chamfered bressummer and continuous jambs and some stop-chamfered beams. RCHM, Dorset, vol III, pp 15-16, no 5.

Listing NGR: ST6997112346