Listed Building record MDO49109 - Barn attached to Brook Cottage, Chilfrome Lane, Chilfrome

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Summary

One of two cottages formed from what was originally a single farmhouse. It is thought to have been built in the sixteenth century, perhaps around an earlier core. The building has walls of chalk block and banded flint.

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Full Description

Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 98 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘(3) Cottage, two tenements, 260 yards W. of the church, is of two storeys; the walls are of rubble with a facing of coursed flint and clunch; the roof is thatched. It was built in the 17th century and retains some original stone-mullioned windows and a fireplace with moulded jambs and four-centred head. The barn adjoining the cottage on the W. is of the same period.’

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 98.

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Location

Grid reference SY 5879 9882 (point)
Map sheet SY59NE
Civil Parish Chilfrome; Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 036 003
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Chilfrome 3

Record last edited

Feb 21 2025 7:36AM

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