Monument record MDO21397 - Building, The Old Fire Station, Charmouth

The remains of the stone footings of an early 19th century or earlier building were discovered beneath the old fire station. It was demolished by 1903.

The remains of the footings of a building divided into two parts were found beneath the old fire station during a watching brief undertaken by Terrain Archaeology in 2003. The shallow footings comprised stone cobbles in a lime mortar matrix. (1) (2)

The footings are probably of a building shown on the 1841 Charmouth Tithe Map and on the 1888 Ordnance Survey 25-inch map. The building had been largely demolished before 1903 as only the western wall is depicted on the second edition Ordnance Survey 25-inch map (1).

The location of the building suggests it was likely to be outhouses or agricultural buildings, rather than a dwelling.

<1> Tatler, S and Bellamy, P, 2003, The Old Fire Station, Charmouth, Dorset: Archaeological Watching Brief, September 2003 (Unpublished document). SDO11253.

<2> Bellamy, P, 2003, Charmouth, The Old Fire Station. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 163 (Article in serial). SDO11252.

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