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Thorncombe Farm House

A Grade II Listed Building in Thorncombe, Dorset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.8255 / 50°49'31"N

Longitude: -2.887 / 2°53'13"W

OS Eastings: 337623

OS Northings: 103261

OS Grid: ST376032

Mapcode National: GBR MB.X8DQ

Mapcode Global: FRA 46VX.F3B

Plus Code: 9C2VR4G7+66

Entry Name: Thorncombe Farm House

Listing Date: 4 December 1951

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1153285

English Heritage Legacy ID: 104612

ID on this website: 101153285

Location: Thorncombe, Dorset, TA20

County: Dorset

Civil Parish: Thorncombe

Traditional County: Dorset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset

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Description


ST 3703 THORNCOMBE FORE STREET,
SOUTH SIDE
7/105 Thorncombe Farm House
4.12.51
GV II
Farmhouse at right-angles to street. Mid C16-C17. Rubble walls with
stone plinths and quoins. C20 Roman tile roof with C17 stone coping at
gable-ends. Plan: original front doorway to left of centre into cross-
passage (now French window). C20 front door well right of centre. Brick
stacks on ridge at gables and one C20 brick stack at eaves from front-wall
Hall fireplace. Two storeys with 4-window range. Ham stone mullion windows
with: hollow chamfers (ground floor, renewed, except one) and ovole mouldings
(first floor, renewed). One window breaking above eaves. Interior: plan
originally, kitchen cross-passage, Hall, Parlour. Plank and muntin partition
on inner left side of cross-passage. Hall: very fine moulded ceiling-beams
of heavy section carrying joists. C16. Cut at fire-place end. Stone
fireplace with straight chamfer, stopped. Roof structure now C20, formerly
thatched. The house is an important example of the cross-passage type with
good original features. Part of a closely-packed group in Fore Street.
Source: R.C.H.M. Dorset I, p.248(22).


Listing NGR: ST3762303261

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