Year 1950
The current Bellease Farm is situated on the main road through Lower Belchalwell. However, up until 1950 Belleaze Farm occupied a site some 300 yards to the west, were the remains of the buildings still stand in private woodland.
From 'Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset', Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, 1970...
'Single storied with dormer-windowed attics and has rubble walls and thatched roofs. Inside, there is a crude plank-and-muntin partition and one stop-chamfered beam. (Derelict)'
(Plank and muntin walls are constructed by heavy oak beams c. 8 inches x 8 inches in frame, with oak panels in between.)
(see 1902 map)
Belleaze Farm circa 1948, shortly before it was relocated closer to the village
Belleaze Farm September 2003 | |
Source: Property documents/owner |
