Listed Building record MDO9378 - Martyrs Cottage, Tolpuddle

Detached cottage, formerly 2 cottages, thought to have been built in the eighteenth century. Walls part plastered cob, part brick, colourwashed, and a double Roman tile roof with crested ridge.

Detached cottage, formerly 2 cottages. Probably 18th century. Walls part plastered cob, part brick, colourwashed. Double Roman tile roof with crested ridge. Brick end stacks. 2 storeys. It was the cottage of Thomas Standfield, one of the six agricultural workers who in 1834 were transported to the Australian convict settlements for taking an oath illegaly under the Mutiny Act of 1797 which had been designed to prevent mutinies in the navy. They were pardoned in 1837 and returned to England in 1838. The public outcry raised by the case was critical to the early strengthening of the Trade Union movement. Graded for its historical importance as the meeting place of the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers.

<1> Historic England, Historic England Archive, 2K/07518 (Index). SDO14738.

MARTYRS COTTAGE

<2> Historic England, Historic England Archive, BF110930 (Index). SDO14738.

England's Landscapes

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1509326 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 25 2023 8:02AM