Listed Building record MDO10162 - Box Cottage, Alton Pancras

Cottage, possibly of 17th Century origin with south end rebuilt in the 19th Century. Rendered walls, probably cob to the right and flint and brick to the left. Gable-ended roof, thatched right and slated left. Brick outshut left. Left part has 2-light casements with glazing bars, right hand part has a 2-light casement with horizontal glazing bars below and similar windows with leaded-lights above. Plain wooden door. Stop-chamfered beams, internally (RCHM).

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1, 2 (Monograph). SDO146.

‘Unless otherwise described the following monuments are of the 18th century and of two storeys, with cob walls, thatched roofs, brick chimneys and casement windows. … (11) Cottage (69950314) has been rebuilt at the S. end in flint with occasional brick courses; it has stop-chamfered ceiling beams and may be of the late 17th century.’

<2> English Heritage, 2006, Listed buildings data disk (Digital archive). SDO12545.

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Aug 28 2020 2:03PM