Listed Building record MDO26952 - The Old Reading Room Cottage, Powerstock and Nettlecombe

Attached Cottage and former reading room. Mid C18. Rubble stone walls. Thatch roof, hipped at left hand, with a stone gable-coping at right hand.

'The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of the 17th century and of two storeys' the walls are of rubble and the roofs are thatched or covered with modern materials. Some of the buildings have exposed ceiling-beams and original fireplaces. (17) House, two tenements, 50 yards N.N.W. of the church, has an 18th-century wing at the back. Inside the building is an original moulded ceiling-beam.' (1)

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 185 (Monograph). SDO97.

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Nov 25 2011 10:50AM