Description

BEAMINSTER MEERHAY
ST 40 SE
4/96
Meerhay Manor
12-6-53
- II*

Manor farmhouse. C16, rebuilt c.1610, north west wing added later in C17.
Rubble stone and ashlar walls. Thatch roof with stone gable-copings. 3
brick stacks to south east elevation, at left hand gable, right of centre,
right hand gable. 2 and 1 1/2 storeys (at right hand). 5 windows 3-light
hollow-chamfered stone mullions with separate labels over. Iron casements
with tension-bars, or C20 metal casements, small leaded lights. Bay-w1nsaw
with 3-light hollow-chamfered stone mullions, leaded lights and hipped slate
roof over, C20, at left hand end. First floor with 2 and 3-light mullions
inserted. Front door, slightly left of centre, stone surround with Tudor-
arch head and sunk spandrels. No label over the lintel. Door is 3 planks
wide and studded. Rear elevation has 4- and 6-light stone mullion windows.
Door with moulded stone jambs. Rear north west wing, 2 storeys with attics,
2 and 4-light hollow-chamfered mullions with separate labels. Interior:
roof of jointed-cruck construction with collar-beams. 2 sets of wide
through-purlins. 7 bays, probably C16. Tie-beams inserted in C17, with
creation of a bedroom floor. Ground floor, south west end with Tudor arch
moulded-stone fireplace with spiral stone steps set in to the left of it.
Kitchen fireplace at opposite end with wooden lintel, and small 2-light
window beside it. Bread oven in left hand side. Rear wing also of
jointed-cruck construction with inserted queen-struts. Staircase in rear
wing of 2 returned flights, turned balusters, and thin moulded handrail,
late C17. Re-used plank-and-muntin upstairs.
Source: R.C.H.M. Dorset I, p 26 (50).

Listing NGR: ST4851402642

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553745

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)