Description

ST 81 SW STURMINSTER NEWTON CALF CLOSE LANE

5/78 Fiddleford Mill House
4.10.60
G.V. I

Manor House, now 2 houses probably for William Latimer. Late C14 hall and
solar with northward extensions to the solar in the C16 and C18 and some C17
remodelling. Coursed rubble, hall roof tiled, solar stone slated and long
north range slated with stone slate verges. Gable ends, ashlar dressings.
North range of 2 storeys. It has hollow chamfered stone mullioned windows of
1, 2 and 3-lights. Brick stacks at ridge and gable ends of hall. West porch
has a 'tudor' arch. Reused carved stonework incorporated in C18 addition.
The cusp arch-braced collar-beam roofs with cusped wind braces in the hall
and solar are outstanding. Hall has moulded, decorated screens passage doors,
and C16 fireplace. The solar has an undercroft with plank and muntin partitions
and other early woodwork. The north range has C16 fireplaces a C16 plaster
ceiling and stud partitions, together with other C16 and C17 woodwork. Scheduled
as an ancient monument. "RHCM, Dorset Vol III" HMSO, 1970, pp 271 - 276, no 4.
Newman, J and Pevsner, N "The Buildings of England: Dorset "Penguin, 1972,
pp 408 - 9.

Listing NGR: ST8008713570

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17531638

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)