Listed Building record MDO17878 - 60 Dorchester Road, Lytchett Minster

A house formed from what was originally two houses. The western part was built in the late 17th century, and the eastern part is thought to have been built probably in the late 18th century. The building has brick walls, partly covered in plaster, and a thatched roof with brick chimney stacks. Surviving features of the interior are reported to include a large open fireplace, and remains of a bread oven.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 1 (Monograph). SDO148.

‘The following monuments unless otherwise described are small houses and cottages of one storey with attics or two storeys, with walls of cob sometimes refaced in brick and with thatched roofs; they are of the late 18th or early 19th century. … (5) HOUSE and COTTAGE (250 yds. S.) have walls rendered in rough-cast.’

<2> English Heritage, 2006, Listed buildings data disk (Digital archive). SDO12545.

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