Description

ST 8312 CHILD OKEFORD THE CROSS

9/1 Monk's Yard and the Cross
4-10-60 (formerly listed as Baytree
GV II Cottage and Monk's yard)

House now pair of cottages, medieval in origin, remodelled C17 and altered
C18, C19 and C20. Brick, Flemish bond with flared headers, timber-framing,
part ashlar projecting front bay. Thatched roof, hipped to the right and
gabled left. Brick stack near centre and to left gable. 2 storeys, 5 irregular
window range. 2 central bays project. Ground floor windows have segmental
brick heads. 2 and 3-light casements, some with horizontal glazing bars,
some with full glazing bars and some with leaded-lights. C20 part-glazed
door at extreme right. To the immediate left of this is a C20 garage door.

Internal features (RCHM): C16 stop chamfered beams; 4 roof-trusses, that to
the east retaining traces of smoke blackening. (RCHM, Dorset, vol. III,
p. 81, no. 7).

Listing NGR: ST8344212736

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26403948

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Recommended Books

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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)