Listed Building record MDO9798 - Judge Jeffrey's Lodgings, 6 High West Street, Dorchester

No 6 High West Street (formerly listed as Judge Jeffrey's Lodgings) is a 17th century timber-framed building of three storeys and cellar said to be on the site of the Abbot of Abbotsbury's town house. Much restored both internally and externally. <2>

(SY 69209071) Judge Jeffrey's Lodgings (No.6 High West Street) with front wall of plastered timber-framing and other walls of stone was built in the first quarter of the 17th century. Judge Jeffrey is reputed to have lodged here in 1685 during the Assize after the Battle of Sedgemoor. <3>

No change: shown as No.6 on O.S. 1:2500 and not named. <4>

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 scale, 1888 (Map). SWX1197.

(SY 69209071) Judge's Lodgings (NR)

<2> DOE (HRR), 1975, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: District of West Dorset 1975, 53 (Scheduling record). SWX1433.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 1, 121 (Monograph). SDO148.

<4> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F1 JGB 10-OCT-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453278 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 22 2024 7:43PM