Listed Building record MDO10737 - Popes Cottage, Corscombe

A single Cottage dated JIP 1796, consisting of 2 storeys and attics. Built of dressed stone walls with ashlar quoins and a thatch roof with stone gable-copings. At the rear is a 19th century outshut under a continuous thatch roof.

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 107 (Monograph). SDO97.

‘The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of the 17th century and of two storeys; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are thatched or covered with modern materials. Some of the buildings have exposed ceiling-beams and original fireplaces. … (8) Pope's Cottage, 220 yards N.W. of (7), has a front block added presumably in 1795, the date with the initials T.J.P. appearing on a tablet. The old block retains an original three-light stone window.’

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Feb 9 2022 4:43PM