Listed Building record MDO10307 - Westrow Cottage East, Holwell

Two storey house situated in Holwell Drove, dating partly to the early 17th and partly to mid 17th century with two stories. Built of coursed rubble walls with tiled, gable-ended roofs and end stacks. The early 17th end has plain, deep chamfered beams and fireplace bressummer. Mid C17 range has ovolo-moulded beams and fireplace bressummer. Upstairs is a square C17 stone fireplace with ogee and hollow chamfered mouldings. 20th century 3-light casements with diamond pane leaded-lights.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 121 (Monograph). SDO146.

‘(11) WESTROW COTTAGE E. (69721077) is an L-shaped house of two storeys in coursed rubble with a tiled roof. Although originally of the early 17th century it has been modernised and all openings are new. The gable of the W. wing has moulded kneelers and it formerly culminated in a moulded ashlar chimney-stack, fragments of which are found in the garden. A head-corbel resembling those on the chancel arch in the church is also in the garden. Inside, there are open fireplaces at the N. end of the N. wing and at the W. end of the W. wing; the rooms are spanned by moulded and chamfered beams. The W. bedroom contains a moulded stone fireplace surround with a square head and shaped stops.’

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Mar 4 2021 5:09PM