Description

DORCHESTER HIGH STREET
SU5794 (West side)
5/73 The Pigeons
18/07/6 (Formerly listed as No.1
Pigeon Cottage and No.2
Pigeon Cottage)

GV II

House. Possibly late medieval, remodelled C17. Rendered timber framing; old
plain-tile roof with brick stacks. 3-unit plan. One storey plus attics.
Irregular front has 2 entrances, C20 bow windows, to left and centre, and a
2-light casement to right; gabled dormers, to centre and right, plus a small
roof dormer to left. Roof, which steps up twice to right, has stacks to left of
centre and to both ends. Interior: Remains of a braced base cruck; large
inglenook fireplace; winder stair; chamfered beam with decorative stops. Said to
have smoke blackening in roof. Floors and stack may have been inserted into a
2-bay open hall.

Listing NGR: SU5783194157

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26488962

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Recommended Books

• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)