Listed Building record MDO5295 - Malthouse, Winterborne Stickland

A house built in the late 18th century, formerly three cottages with a malting-house at the northern end, but now combined into one dwelling. An open fireplace in the malting-house has 'WB 1767' scratched on the bressumer. The cottage at the southern end was extended to the in the 19th century.

The Malthouse, ST 83590445, was built in the second half of the 18th century and has walls of banded brick and flint. The house was originally a range of three cottages with a malting-house at the N.end. The S. tenement at right-angles to the others, was extended to the E. in the 19th century. A large open fireplace in the former malting-house has 'WB 1767' scratched on the bressummer. <1-2>

<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 308 (Monograph). SDO136.

'Unless otherwise described the following 18th-century dwellings are of two storeys, or single-storied with attics, and have walls of rubble, flint, brick and cob, and thtched roofs. They are distributed along the Winterborne brook to the W., and in the village street to S. and N. of the church. . . . (8) The Malthouse (83590445), 220 yds. S. E. of (1), was built in the second half of the century and has walls of banded brick and flint. The house was originally a range of three cottages with a malting-house at the N. end. The S. tenement, at right-angles to the others, was extended to the E. in the 19th century. A large open fireplace in the former malting-house has 'WB 1767' scratched on the bressumer.'

<2> DOE (HHR), 1954, List of Buildings of Special Historic or Architectural Interest: Blandford Rural District, 22 (Scheduling record). SDO17701.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 205789 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 23 2024 4:17PM