Description

WEYMOUTH

SY6683 DORCHESTER ROAD, Broadwey
873-1/8/419 (West side)
14/06/74 No.541
Lorton Farmhouse and Dairy
(Formerly Listed as:
DORCHESTER ROAD, Broadwey
No.541
Lorton Farmhouse)

GV II

Farmhouse. Early C19 and later C19. Squared and coursed stone,
slate low-pitched hipped roof, but hipped thatch to the dairy
unit. A symmetrical front range with rear range attached by
wing.
2 storeys, 3 windows, 2-light wood casements with transom, the
upper lights with pointed tracery bars at first floor, and
3-light similar casements, slightly projecting from the wall
plane, under a stone hipped head and with stone jambs and
lintels at ground floor each side of a projecting porch with
coped gable on kneelers, and pair of plank doors to a stone
lintel with key; at the time of survey the porch without roof
finish. Centred to the ridge are 3 linked octagonal stone
stacks. The left return is plain, and the back has a 3-light
casement at eaves level.
The attached later range has a slate hipped roof, with large
paired plain sashes in brick dressings, and a rear stack. The
lower dairy, attached, right, by a short section of slated
roof, is in 2 storeys, with 1 above two 2-light casements
behind pierced cast-iron screens. The hipped end has a 3-light
casement above a 2-light with grille, and the rear has a
single-storey lean-to.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
(RCHME: Dorset, South-East: London: 1970-: 359).

Listing NGR: SY6672883131

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26562020

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