Description

SY 78 SE OWERMOIGNE RINGSTEAD

10/51
South Down Farmhouse
and attached front
26.1.56 walls

- II

Detached farmhouse. Early C18. Brick walls in English bond (front
elevation), rubblestone remaining walls. Clay tile roofs with stone
slate eaves. Brick stacks at gable ends with moulded cornices. 2 storeys
and dormers. 5 windows, symmetrical fenestration, sashes with glazing-
bars, with segmental heads and flush wood frames. Stone cills, brick
arches with burnt headers and keystones. 3 gabled dormers, with 2
light casements, tile roofs, C20. Additions on both gable ends, rubblestone
and brick with pentice clay tile roofs. Plank door on right end.
Front door at centre, plank door in a wood frame, C19. Brick porch with
segmental head, keystone and gabled, tiled roof. Short rear wing,
rubblestone and brick quoins, with brick stack at gable end, added C19.
Interior: central transverse hall, with a room either side. Ribbed
panel window shutters, C19. Attached rubblestone front walls, run for
20 metres by 20 metres. (R.C.H.M. Dorset II, p. 188 (15)).

Listing NGR: SY7572982196

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26591120

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability