Building record MDO23603 - Bateman's Farm, Thorncombe

A cottage built in the sixteenth century. The building has walls built of rubble. Surviving original features are reported to include stone-mullioned windows, and interior doorways and plank partitions.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 249 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of the 17th century and of two storeys; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are covered with thatch or modern materials. Some of the buildings have exposed ceiling-beams and original fireplaces. … (44) Bateham's Cottage, ¼ m. N.E. of (43), was built in the 16th century and retains some original stonemullioned windows, plank-partitions and two internal doorways with triangular heads.’

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Sep 10 2021 9:02AM