Description

CORFE CASTLE BLASHENWELL
SY 98 SE
3/8
20.11.59 Blashenwell Farm House
GV
II
Farmhouse. Probably mid-C18, extended to west in late C18. Rubble stone walls,
concrete tile roof replacing stone slates. One brick stack at left end, one at
right end of original house and one in rear wing. T-shaped plan, with rear wing.
2 storeys. Gabled porch, with flush panel door in opening with stone lintol and
brick jambs. Ground floor has 2 sashes with glazing bars under stone relieving
arches. First floor has 2 similar sashes and a gabled dormer with casements
with glazing bars. Right end extension - former cheese room, has double doors
replacing a window. Short rear wing - 2 storeyed, in-matching construction, and
an extension to this, at lower level, with part cob walls and corrugated asbestos
roof. Some windows here retain lead lights. Lean-to extension at rear of main
house, and one on rear wing. Small lean-to extension at right end of house.
Internally, one ground floor room has large fireplace, built up. Some chamfered
ceiling beams. Slatted door at rear of cheese room - now in later lean-to.
(RCHM, Monument 131. Dorset. Vol. II).

Listing NGR: SY9516880283

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26609150

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)