Building record MDO39221 - Church Cottage fomerly Almshouses, Droop, Hazelbury Bryan

Oringinally a row of three almshouses, of which, the earliest mention in the Church wardens Account is 1736. By 1842 the building had became very dilapidated, and was restored. In 1937, the then disused almshouses had become ruinous. The building was again restored in 1939. It is now called 'Church Cottage', and is used as a residence for widows of clergy to the Church of England.

Oringinally a row of three almshouses, of which, the earliest mention in the Church wardens Account is 1736. By the year 1842 the building had became very dilapidated, and was restored. In 1937, the then disused almshouses had become ruinous. The building was again restored in 1939. It is now called 'Church Cottage', and is used as a residence for widows of clergy to the Church of England. <2>

Church Cottage. The former almshouse is now an attractive domestic structure. A plaque set in the south west gable-end records the restoration of 1939; it gained the Civic Trust Award in 1962. <3>

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1900, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch two (Map). SDO11594.

(ST 75310830) Almshouses (NAT)

<2> Munro, J, 1968, History of the Church of St Mary & St James Hazelbury Bryan, 21-22 (Unpublished document). SDO17488.

<3> Stone, J W, Field Investigators Comments JWS, F1 JWS 06-MAR-79 (Unpublished document). SDO11902.

<4> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 108 (Monograph). SDO146.

‘Late 18th and early 19th-century monuments also include— Almshouses, immediately N. of the church, with a lengthy poem incised on two marble wall tablets by Marshall of Blandford;’

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 201769 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Jan 13 2022 2:42PM