Listed Building record MDO27953 - Simplers Joy, Tarrant Keyneston

A cottage built in the 18th century, probably originally two cottages. The building has walls of cob and brick, and a roof covered partly in thatch and partly tiled. The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

ST 93050478 Two adjacent early 18th century cob-walled cottages are two storeyed and have recently been combined as a single dwelling. That on the west has a tiled roof, and the other a thatched roof. <1>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1972, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume IV (North), 102 (Monograph). SDO99.

‘Unless described otherwise, the following cottages have cob walls and thatched roofs and are of the early 18th century. (6) Cottages (93050478), two adjacent, are two-storeyed and have recently been combined as a single dwelling; that on the W. has a tiled roof. The E. tenement originally had a class-I plan. Some rooms have exposed chamfered beams.’

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209661 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 11 2023 6:50AM