Building record MDO46114 - Cottage, Woodlands

SU 04640894. An early - 17th century, two-storey cottage with timber frame and brick walls and a thatched roof. In the north and south elevations the timber framing rests on a plinth of brick and knapped flint. There used to be a square-headed five light windowon a projecting corbelled sill. The whole of the west wall contains a chimney breast with open fire-place, oven and stairs. <1>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1975, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume V (East), 112 (Monograph). SDO129.

'(7) Cottage (04640894), of two storeys with walls of timber framework and of brick, and with a thatched roof, is of the early 17th century and has a class-S plan; an E. extension with brick walls and a slated roof is of the 19th century. In the N. and S. elevations the timber-framework, three panels in height, rests on a plinth of brick and knapped flint. In the N. window of the principal ground floor room the timber lintel shows that the original window was of five square-headed lights, slightly projecting on a corbelled sill (cf. Pamphill (27)). The large brick chimneybreast, occupying the whole W. wall of the range, contains an open fireplace, the stairs and an oven.'

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 213099 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

‘Unless otherwise described, the following cottages are single-storeyed with attics and have cob walls, thatched roofs and class-S plans. They date from late in the 18th to about the middle of the 19th century. … Crab Orchard and Three Legged Cross … (55) Cottage (08830534), of two storeys and of class T, has a slate-covered roof.’

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Mar 29 2023 4:35PM