Description

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SY 95 81
7/148

CORFE CASTLE
WEST STREET (east side)
Nos. 37 and 39

(formerly listed as Nos. 35 and 37, previously listed under "Range of 3 cottages, immediately south of Nos. 126 and 127")

20.11.59

GV
II

House, at one time two cottages, but originally one house - probably a long-house. Mid-late C16, altered in C17 and C18, considerably restored 1984. Rubble stone walls, thatched roof, stone stack left of door, brick stack at right end. One storey and attic. C20 oak ledged door into original cross-passage. Right of this two C20 plain casements. Left of door a small fire window with stone surround and two C20 plain casements. Under eaves, two small rectangular windows with stone surrounds and a similar blocked window Attic has four dormers with plain casements.

Internally, roof has jointed cruck trusses with traces of smoke-blackening - house originally of open-hall form. Inserted ceiling over hall, with deep chamfered intersecting ceiling beams - part restored. Also in hall, large open fireplace with timber lintel.

(RCHM, Monument 92. Dorset. Vol. II).

Listing NGR: SY9598681894

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26414195

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Recommended Books

• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)