Listed Building record MDO28486 - Marigold Cottage, Bournemouth Road, Spetisbury

A pair of cottages thought to have been built in the late 17th century, and now converted to a single dwelling. The building has walls covered with render, and a thatched roof with brick chimney stacks. In 1970 the building was described as having some surviving internal features, including a large open fireplace.

ST 91100270. Two adjoining cottages, possibly late 17th century, have been converted into a single house. <1>

<1> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 246 (Monograph). SDO136.

‘Unless described otherwise, the following monuments are 18th-century dwellings of two storeys, or single storied with dormer-windowed attics, with walls of cob or of rendered brickwork, and with roofs that are thatched or of modern materials. . . . (24) Cottages (91100270), two adjoining, 270 yds. S.E. of the church, have been converted into a single house. Inside are two roughly chamfered beams and against the former party-wall is a large open fireplace. The cottages may be of the late 17th century.’

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209672 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 11 2023 8:09PM