Tomson Farm House

ANDERSON SY 89 NE WINTERBORNE TOMSON

7/16 Tomson Farm House 14-7-55 GV II*

Detached farmhouse. Early C17, with C19 rear additions. Walls of ironstone rubble, hipped tiled roof with stone eaves courses; 2 stacks projecting from rear wall, stone up to eaves, brick above, each with 3 shafts set diagonally, with oversailing caps. 2 storeys and attic. Original plan rectangular, of 3 main rooms, with projecting gabled stair tower at rear. C19 rear wing at right end, incorporating remains of a C17 cottage, and C19 lean-to along rear wall. Main front elevation has 3 added brick buttresses. C20 stone porch between 2 of these, with stone slate lean-to roof: doorway with 4-centred arch flanked by narrow stone windows. Ground floor has three 4-light stone mullioned windows with lead lights, under label moulds. First floor has 4 similar windows. Rear wing has stone and brick walls and tiled roof with stone eaves courses. 2 brick stacks - one rebuilt. One storey and attic. Passage through wing near main house. Ledged door. Ground floor has 3 C20 metal windows. 2 hipped dormers in attic with similar windows. Internally, entrance hall has 2 plank and muntin partitions - one re-set, with 4-centred arched doorways. At rear, 4-centred arched doorway leads into later lean-to. Similar, blocked, doorway from lean-to into stair tower. Left ground floor room has large 4-centred arched stone fireplace. Small cupboard in adjoining wall, ventilated into fireplace. Centre room has remains of plank and muntin partition. Right end room, kitchen, has segmental-arched stone fireplace and 4-centred arched doorway. Stone spiral stair leads to first floor and attic. Main first floor rooms have C17 ornamental plaster ceilings - restored - with rose, crown and fleurs de lys motifs. Left room has carved oak C17 draught lobby, and 4-centred arched stone fireplace. Similar fireplace in right end room. 2 fireplaces, with timber lintels, in attic. Rear wing has remains of stack with large open fireplace, spiral stair and chamfered ceiling beams - all C17. House under repair at time of survey (1984). (RCHM Monument 4 Dorset, Vol.III)

Listing NGR: SY8856897403