(Grade II listed according to the Appreciation and scheduled for listing in the Draft for the 1974 Village Plan, with the note that it was "formerly included in the supplementary list".)
East Farm is a traditional Dorset longhouse (where a single building originally sufficed for family and livestock), but evidence in the loft space suggests that it has never been thatched, despite its age and traditional layout. The family here have bred competition horses.
The Appreciation's description of East Farm house adds "5 hideous concrete garages in yard with aluminium up and over doors" ~ hideous they may be, and they are still here, but the blame for them doesn't lie with East Farm.
Next door to East Farm, but long gone even by the time of the Appreciation was the cottage (below, left and right) of "Granny Clack", more formally Mabel Claxton who, even as a very elderly lady (she died in her 90's 10 or 12 years ago) was known for her sprightly performance of a "broom dance". Fortunately for her health, she had moved out of the cottage before the roof unexpectedly fell in.
