Description

ST 4701/4801 BEAMINSTER WHITCOMBE ROAD
(NORTH SIDE)
12.6.53
7/171 No 3 (Farrs)
GV II*

Detached House. C17 house (rear part) with an early C18 south range at
right-angles. L-shaped plan. South range: ashlar stone walls. Stone
slate roof with stone gable-copings. 3 stone stacks with moulded
cornices at left hand gables, just right of front door alignment, at
right hand gable. 2 storeys with attics. 7 windows to the symmetrical
front. 2-light stone mullions (ovolos) with low cills to ground floor.
Iron casements with lead lights, one side fixed, one opening.
Continuous labels, with returned stops over each group of 3 ground floor
windows. Upper storey has continuous label over all the windows. 3 C2O
dormers with 2-light casements, hipped stone slate roofs and sides.
Front door at centre surround with stone architrave pulvinated frieze
and plain open stone pediment carried on volute brackets. Door, wood
with six fielded panels. C18 staircase wing at reat with a canted
oriel. C17 part of house runs north, having its own C17 stair-wing at
its rear. Both stair-wings of 2 storeys with pitched stone-coped
gables. C17 range, 2 storey with attics. 2 stacks. Retains 4-light
mullion window, with a label. Doorway with stone surround and 4
centeredhead. C18 addition at north end of wing. Interior: C18 rooms
have plaster-cornices with bay-leaf decoration. Window shutters with 6-
fielded panels, fixing on to iron catches on the stone window mullion.
Fireplace in dining room, mid C18, with marble slips and a wood surround. Carved
side-scrolls, frieze and shelf. Rococo scroll-work with central pecking bird,
and foliage frieze. Rear staircase, with large wooden lintel.
Flagstone floors.
Source: R.C.H.M. Dorset I, p 23 (7), plate 48.

Listing NGR: ST4819401162

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553718

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy