Lower Sturthill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. A Early Modern Farmhouse.

Lower Sturthill Farmhouse

WRENN ID
muffled-threshold-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Country
England
Date first listed
7 August 1952
Type
Farmhouse
Period
Early Modern
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SY 59 SW SHIPTON GORGE CHILCOMBE LANE

3/240 Lower Sturthill 7-8-52 Farmhouse, (formerly listed as Broad Sturthill Farmhouse)

  • II

Detached Farmhouse. c.C17 with much C19 alteration. Rubble-stone walls, with large dressed quoins. Some brickwork at the eaves. Clay-tile roofs and Roman-tile roofs. Brick stack on inner left hand gable. C19 roof construction. L-plan. 2 storeys and attics. 4 windows, 3- and 4-light stone mullions, with hollow chamfers, possibly re-inserted. 3 wooden casements with wooden lintels over. Stone jambs and lintels survive in blockings. (South elevation) North elevation: early C18 brickwork raising the eaves. 4-light stone mullions with labels over. Wooden casements with horizontal glazing-bars. Interior: straight-chamfered beams with filleted stops. Open fireplace in north gable end, stone-jambs with a straight- chamfered wooden lintel. Brick bread oven removed. The C20 stone porch in the north-west angle of the house is not included. RCHM Dorset I, p 222 (10).

Listing NGR: SY5217691708

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