Description

DORCHESTER HIGH STREET
SU5794 (East side)
5/72 Cranmer Cottage and attached
09/11/76 outbuilding

- II

House. Early/mid C18. Brick, in Flemish bond with flared headers, on a clunch
rubble plinth with stepped brick weathering; old plain-tile roof with brick
ridge stack. Double-depth lobby-entry plan. 2 storeys plus attics. 3-window
front, with storey band, has, to right of centre, a plank door, with canopy on
shaped brackets, between 16-pane sashes under segmental arches. At first floor
16-pane sashes flank a narrow 8-pane sash. Roof has large stack in line with
entrance. Left gable wall, facing road, has 2 segmental-arched sashes and a
gable casement. Pebbledashed rear wall has further casements. Roof to lower rear
section has 3 parallel hipped spans. Interior not inspected. Attached to the
right side, by a C20 porch, is a small contemporary rubble outbuilding with
brick quoins and an old plain-tile roof.

Listing NGR: SU5770694677

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26299944

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Recommended Books

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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)