Description

CORFE CASTLE STUDLAND ROAD
ST 98 SE
3/135 Brenscombe (or Brinscombe)
Farm House
20.11.59
- II
Farmhouse. Probably C15 origin, altered in late C16 - early C17. Rubble stone
walls. Slate roof with deep eaves - possibly covering thatch. Brick end stacks,
and one right of door, with arched recessed panels. 3-room and cross-passage
plan, probably, originally, an open hall type.One storey and attic. Front wall
buttressed. C19 lean-to porch with ledged door, in stone pointed-arched opening;
similar doorway at rear of cross-passage. Ground floor has 3 casements with
horizontal glazing bars. Attic has 3 gabled dormers with casements with glazing
bars. In rear wall a blocked window crosses the present first floor line.
Internally, hall has large open fireplace with stone jambs and cambered timber
lintol. Deep chamfered ceiling beam. Parlour, at right end, has similar fire-
place with adjoining spiral stair. Left of the cross-passage, 2 service rooms.
Heavy roof trusses. (RCHM, Monument 145. Dorset. Vol. II).

Listing NGR: SY9775682459

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26414193

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
• 
  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)