Listed Building record MDO9059 - Yew Cottage, Milton End, Winterborne Whitechurch

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Summary

A cottage, formerly part of Milton House built in the seventeenth century but much altered in later periods and now divided into two dwellings. The walls of the building are covered in colourwashed render and it has a thatched roof with brick chimne stacks. Features of the interior are reported to include a reset sixteenth-century ceiling beam and a reset corner cupboard with egg and dart decoration.

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Full Description

Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 312 (Monograph). SDO136.

'(6) House (83730018), 150 yds. N.E. of (1), is two-storied with attics, and has cob walls and thatched roofs. The principal range, to the S., is of the second half of the 17th century; the range running N. from the W. end was added in the 19th century. In plan, the S. range contains three rooms, the middle one unheated, the other two with fireplaces in the gabled end walls. A 16th-century moulded ceiling beam is reset. One room contains a reset corner-cupboard with egg-and-dart enrichment.'

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Monograph: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2. 2. 312.

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Location

Grid reference ST 83729 00183 (point)
Map sheet ST80SW
Civil Parish Winterborne Whitechurch; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterborne Whitechurch 6

Record last edited

Jun 16 2026 2:54PM

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