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SZ 0078 LANGTON MATRAVERS VALLEY ROAD (South Side)

7/51 Nos 1 to 5 (consec.). New
Buildings, including front
29-5-81 boundary wall

- II

Block of 5 cottages. Nos. 1 and 2 now in one occupation. Probably C18.
Rubble stone walls, stone slate roofs, stone stacks along ridge. 2 storeys
No 1 in projecting rear wing at left end, has ledged door. Ground and first
floors each have one casement window with glazing bars. Stone lean-to
extension at left end. No 2 at left end of main range, has ledged door in
temporary porch. Ground floor has 3 casement windows with glazing bars. First
floor has 2 similar windows. Stone lean-to extension at left end has one
metal window. No 3 partly in a projecting wing, has ledged door. In main
range, ground and first floors each have one casement window with glazing
bars. Similar windows in wing . No 4 has ledged door in timber gabled
porch. Ground floor has 2 casement windows with glazing bars, one partly covered
by wing. First floor has a similar window, slightly dormered. No 5 has
ledged door. Ground floor has one casement window with glazing bars and a small
fixed window. First floor has one horizontally sliding sash window, slightly
dormered. Lean-to extension at right end, of matching construction. (Permission
recently granted to rebuild this as a 2-storeyed block). Internally, main
ground floor room has open fireplace with stone lintol. One chamfered ceiling
beam. Dry stone wall to front boundary. Whole block under repair at time of
Survey (1984). RCHM Monument II (Dorset Vol II).

Listing NGR: SY9948280121