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Lower Sturthill Farmhouse

A Grade II Listed Building in Shipton Gorge, Dorset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.723 / 50°43'22"N

Longitude: -2.6789 / 2°40'43"W

OS Eastings: 352176

OS Northings: 91708

OS Grid: SY521917

Mapcode National: GBR PR.BVYG

Mapcode Global: FRA 5785.J5S

Plus Code: 9C2VP8FC+6F

Entry Name: Lower Sturthill Farmhouse

Listing Date: 7 August 1952

Last Amended: 19 December 1984

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1215780

English Heritage Legacy ID: 401062

ID on this website: 101215780

Location: Chilcombe, Dorset, DT6

County: Dorset

Civil Parish: Shipton Gorge

Traditional County: Dorset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset

Church of England Parish: Shipton Gorge St Martin

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

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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

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