Abbey Farm buildings
(1 ~ the piggery)
The 2003 Conservation Plan goes into more detail than the Appreciation, describing the building as a purpose-built piggery dating from the later 18th century, with a swineherd's office at the downslope end. (One wonders why Georgian swineherds needed an office, with neither VAT inspectors or Rural Payment advisers to trouble them.) There would originally have been open pens at the front of the building, with the low doors in the middle of the wall allowing access for the pigs and piglets into the open air. Some renovations have been carried out to the building since the right-hand photograph was taken in 2005.
(2 ~ the "granary")
(Grade II listed as "granary 40m south of the Abbey Farm House")
The one thing this 18th century building is unlikely to be, according to the 2003 Conservation Plan, is a granary. It is too close to the pond for grain storage, and is built of rubble, which is not the usual form of construction in this part of Dorset. It is possibly (thanks to its detailed window frames) what the Plan calls "a decorative addition to Abbey Farm, part of a Romanticisation of the landscape in the early 19th century". It is a shame that the upper windows (not visible in these photographs) have been blocked, and the walls rendered, as it has the potential to be more attractive than it is at the moment.