Building record MDO46923 - Cottage, Sturminster Marshall

A house built in the seventeenth century and enlarged in the eighteenth century. A timber-framed building adjoining the house was a wheelwright's shop, and has a beam with the date 1791 carved into it.

(ST 94880013) A two storeyed cottage of the 17th century was enlarged in the late 18th century. A timber-framed two storeyed wheelwright's shop adjoining to the north east has a beam carved with the date 1791. A lead pump is embossed with a crest and the date 1801. The cottage is partly demolished. <1>

<1> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2, 287 (Monograph). SDO149.

'The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of two storeys with walls of cob and thatched roofs and are of the 18th century. In some cases the cob walls have been patched or refaced with brick and the thatch covered or replaced by corrugated iron. … (22) Cottage is of the 17th century, enlarged in the late 18th century; a timber-framed two-storey wheelwright's shop adjoining to the N.E. has a beam carved with the date 1791. A lead pump is embossed with crest of Long and initials A.L. and date 1801. (Partly demolished).'

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 209708 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 8 2023 2:59PM