Milton Abbas is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, lying around 5 miles (8 kilometres) southwest of Blandford Forum.
They were built from cob and previously were painted yellow, with each house fronted by a lawn; originally a horse chestnut tree was planted between each dwelling.
[2] Above the eastern end of the valley, the village has been extended with more modern housing and other facilities, including a doctor's surgery.
Milton Abbas civil parish extends from the village south to Bagber Farm, west to Bramblecombe Lane, north to Delcombe Head, and east to the top of Whatcombe Wood.
[5] Every two years there is a simulation of an 18th-century country fair with traditional music and dancing and local crafts people.
The Grade II* structures are the almshouses and reading room, Delcombe Manor, Garden Cottage at Delcombe Manor, the Parish Church of St James (built circa 1786),[8] The Old Rectory, and The Stone Lodge And Gatehouse (including the gatehouse, gatepiers and gates).
[11] Milton Abbey School, built in 1771–1776 as a country house, was designed by Sir William Chambers and James Wyatt in the early Gothic Revival style.