Listed Building record MDO10182 - 1 Old Forge Cottage, Bishop's Caundle

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Summary

One of a pair of late eighteenth century cottages, with coursed rubble walls and thatched, gable-ended roofs with brick stacks.

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Full Description

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 16 (Monograph). SDO146.

‘The following late 18th or early 19th-century farmhouses and cottages are built of rubble in two storeys, or in one storey with dormer-windowed attics. Most have thatched roofs. Unless noted otherwise the buildings are simple ranges with approximately symmetrical three-bay fronts, having central doorways, casement windows on either side and three corresponding first-floor windows. … (11) Cottages, two adjoining, stand 30 yds. E. of the foregoing. Both have symmetrical S. fronts; that to the E. is of three bays, that to the W. is of two bays with a central doorway.’

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1. 16.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 69666 13257 (13m by 11m)
Map sheet ST61SE
Civil Parish Bishops Caundle; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 011 011 A
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Bishop's Caundle 11

Record last edited

Mar 24 2015 4:52PM

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