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Fiddleford Manor is a late medieval manor house located in Dorset, dating to the fifteenth century. The surviving structure comprises a stone-built hall range with characteristic late medieval architectural features typical of gentry dwellings of the period. The manor represents an important example of domestic architecture from the later medieval period in southern England, preserving evidence of the living arrangements and social status of its inhabitants. The site's survival makes it a significant monument for understanding rural aristocratic settlement patterns and building practices in fifteenth-century Dorset.
Fiddleford Manor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013372. View the official record →
Fiddleford Manor is a late medieval manor house located in Dorset, dating to the fifteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013372.
Fiddleford Manor is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1013372.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 950m NNE Bulbarrow Farm (7.7 km), Bowl barrow 800m north west of North Barn Farm on Houghton North Down (7.8 km), Bul Barrow, 750m east of Rawlsbury Camp (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Fiddleford Manor's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Fiddleford Manor stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.