Listed Building: (103113)

ST 80 NE DURWESTON CHURCH ROAD (South-west side) 6/25 No. 52 12-10-70 GV II Cottage, C17 with C19/early C20 alterations. Flint, rubble, rendering and timber-framing with stone and brick dressings. Half-hipped, thatched roof. Brick stack to left of centre. 1« storeys, irregular fenestration. To the left is a C19 sash with vertical glazing-bars to the right of which is a C20 plain window. Central is a 4-light stone-mullioned window with hollow-chamfered jambs and mullions and a weathered hood-mould. The outer lights have leaded glazing. Right of range has 2-light casement with segmental brick head. Part-glazed plank door right of centre. The upper floor has timber framing with a tension brace exposed to the left. Central is a rebuilt dormer with a C19 6-pane sash. The right gable wall was rebuilt probably early C20 in stretcher bond brickwork after a collapse. Interior features: deep chamfered ceiling beams, some with cymastops; main room fireplace with chamfered, 4-centred, timber bressummer and continuous stone jambs; recess for former newel stair; southern ground floor room has open fireplace; upper floor room has stone 4-centred head fireplace bearing C18 graffitti; doorways with pointed heads; many original roof timbers. (RCHM, Dorset, vol. III, p. 91, no. 4) Listing NGR: ST8582708472

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