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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26510614

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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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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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey