Description

DORCHESTER HIGH STREET
SU5794 (East side)
5/62 No.30 (Abbey Cottage)
18/07/63 (Formerly listed as Abbey
Cottage)

GV II

House. Early C17, extended C18. Timber framing with herringbone brick infill
brick with some flared headers; old plain-tile roof with brick ridge stacks.
2-unit lobby-entry plan with rear wing. 2 storeys. 2-window front of
timber-framed range has a central 6-panel door, with architrave and flat canopy
on shaped brackets, between large 3-light casements, with smaller 3-light
casements at first floor. Left gable wall is jettied on 4 curved brackets. Roof
has central clustered stack. Hip-roofed rear wing, to left, is in 2 builds and
has a storey band and a 3-light leaded casement under a segmental arch. Interior
not inspected. May have been linked with No.28, to right, (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SU5778494348

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26299939

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide