Building record MDO28420 - 4-8 Well Lane, Poole

Five cottages, formerly Tatnam Farm Cottages, are of one storey and attics; the walls are of brick except the lower courses of numbers 6 to 8 which are of stone; the roofs are tiled. Numbers 6 to 8 were built in the 18th century as a barn, of which some remains of ventilating slits survive; this building was divided and converted in the late 19th century, and further cottages added to the west. The lane derives its name from the well which was the town’s principal water supply until the mid 19th century. About 1545 the well was improved by the erection of a conduit head 16 feet square (Hutchins 1, 2); no trace of this sometimes. Demolished before 1970

Five cottages, formerly Tatnam Farm Cottages, are of one storey and attics; the walls are of brick except the lower courses of numbers 6 to 8 which are of stone; the roofs are tiled. Numbers 6 to 8 were built in the 18th century as a barn, of which some remains of ventilating slits survive; this building was divided and converted in the late 19th century, and further cottages added to the west. The lane derives its name from the well which was the town’s principal water supply until the mid 19th century. About 1545 the well was improved by the erection of a conduit head 16 feet square (Hutchins 1, 2); no trace of this survives.
Demolished before 1970

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2, 238 - 239 (Monograph). SDO149.

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May 16 2012 9:55AM