Building record MDO39114 - Cottage at West Luccombe Farm, Milton Abbas

A pair of cottages thought to have been built in the 18th century, and now converted to a single dwelling. The building has cob walls and a thatched roof.

<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 198 (Monograph). SDO136.

‘(14) WEST LUCCOMBE FARM (80940124), house, 700 yds. S.E. of (2), is of two storeys with rendered walls and with roofs partly thatched and partly slated; it is of the early 19th century. The S. front is symmetrical and of seven bays. Some 50 yds. to the S. is a pair of Cottages, of two storeys with cob walls and thatched roofs; these cottages appear on Woodward's map of 1769–71.’

<2> Woodward, William, 1769-71, Estate Map, Milton Abbas (Cartographic materials). SDO14887.

Record last edited

Oct 21 2016 4:45PM