Description

YETMINSTER
ST 5910 HIGH STREET
(North side)

11/141 Higher Farm House
11.7.51 including front
boundary wall

GV II

Detached house. Date stones on front wall. "A.W. 1624" and "A.W. 1630".
Rubble stone walls, hipped asbestos tile roof, brick end stacks. 2 storeys -
(originally one storey and attics). Pair of part-glazed doors apparently in
former window opening - (head and remains of mullion survive). Blocked
doorway left of this. Ground floor has two 4-light stone mullioned windows
with hoodmoulds and casements with centre horizontal bar. First floor has
two 2-light and two 3-light similar windows. Small lozenge-shaped recess at
high level. 2-storeyed rear wing at left end, has tiled roof with stone eaves
courses. Single-storey rear lean-to, with pantile roof. Internally, right
ground floor room has large open fireplace with cambered timber lintel.
Rear door in depressed 4-centred arch. Some deep chamfered ceiling beams.
Low front boundary wall of rubble stone, with cock and hen coping. (RCHM
Monument 14. Dorset. Vol. I. R Machin "The Houses of Yetminster". University
[of Bristol 1978.)

Listing NGR: ST5932410853

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26447572

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  For the Record
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990