Monument record MDO45178 - Mythe Cottages, Mapperton

Mythe Cottage comprise two 17th century two storey tenements. <2>

Still known as Mythe Cottages <3.1>. A series of decaying stone cottages whose interiors have been largely stripped. They are now used as hen houses. No feature of dateable antiquity was noted but apart from comparatively modern windows the building appears to be of one period. <3>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1904 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 50509871) Mythe Cottages (NAT)

<2> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England, 1952, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West), 156 (Monograph). SDO97.

'The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of late 17th-century date and of two storeys; the walls are of rubble and the roofs are covered with thatch or modern slates. Some of the buildings have exposed ceiling-beams. … (7) Mythe Cottage, two tenements, 1,040 yards S. of the church.'

<3> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 26-APR-55 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<3.1> Bowment-Morvan, Mr, Oral: Mr Bowment-Morvan (tenant farmer), Loscombe Farm, Mapperton (Verbal communication). SDO19132.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 450835 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Jan 3 2023 11:00AM