Higher Woolminstone Farmhouse

ST40NW WEST CREWKERNE CP WOOLMINSTONE

5/211 Higher Woolminstone Farmhouse

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Detached farmhouse. C17, some modifications. Ham stone roughly cut and squared, with parts in near-ashlar, ashlar dressings; thatched roof with half-hip to west, stepped coped gable to east; brick chimney stacks. Single-storey with attics, 3 bays. Say 1 has a 3-light ovolo-mould mullioned window in wave-mould recess with label, and above a 3-light rectangular leaded casement of early pattern set into thatch, having an iron- framed opening light. Bay 2 has a 3-light small-pane casement; bay 3 has a 3-light hollow-chamfered mullioned window in chamfered recess with label, rectangular-leaded. Between bays 1 and 2 a boarded door on heavy frame, up 3 steps, in recess with timber lintol over; the change from near-ashlar to rougher work occurs to right of doorway. East gable has small triangular-headed stairlight and a leaded casement window; west gable has 2 early pattern rectangular-leaded casements with iron-framed opening lights; 2-light below and 3-light above, both with timber lintols. Further mullioned windows to rear. Interior not seen, but apparently a cross-passage 2 room plan, possibly little altered.

Listing NGR: ST4105407978