Description

CORFE CASTLE ENCOMBE
SY 97 NW
4/95 House and Stable at Encombe
Dairy, 150m south-south-east
of Dairy Cottage
- II
Farmhouse and stables. Farmhouse probably late C18. Stables C19. House has rubble
stone walls with brick dressings. Stone slate roof, brick stacks on ridge. 2 storeys
and attic. Panelled door - upper panel glazed with bordered panes, under flat hood
on timber brackets. Ground floor has 4 windows with horizontal glazing, under
brick arches. First floor has 4 similar windows and a blank recess between the
2 inner windows. Attic has 3 gabled dormers with horizontal sliding sashes with
lead lights. 2 storey rear wing has roof part replaced in corrugated asbestos.
Also a rear lean-to extension, part stone, part brick, under catslide roof.
Internally, some ceiling beams with plaster mouldings. At right end of house, a
stone wall with one opening and one blocked opening connects the house to a stable,
with coursed rubble stone walls and stone slate roof with coped gables. Single
storey. Ledged door, and casements with cast iron lattice glazing. Interior not
inspected.

Listing NGR: SY9442177902

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26609166

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)