Wild Thyme Cottage, 3 The Cross and 4 (Pepperpot Cottage), The Cross
Wild Thyme Cottage, 3 The Cross and 4 (Pepperpot Cottage), The Cross, Bradford Abbas, DT9 6RY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1119372
- Date first listed:
- 02-Jun-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Wild Thyme Cottage, 3 The Cross and 4 (Pepperpot Cottage), The Cross
- Statutory Address:
- Wild Thyme Cottage, 3 The Cross and 4 (Pepperpot Cottage), The Cross, Bradford Abbas, DT9 6RY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1119372
- Date first listed:
- 02-Jun-1986
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 18-Dec-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Wild Thyme Cottage, 3 The Cross and 4 (Pepperpot Cottage), The Cross
- Statutory Address 1:
- Wild Thyme Cottage, 3 The Cross and 4 (Pepperpot Cottage), The Cross, Bradford Abbas, DT9 6RY
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Wild Thyme Cottage, 3 The Cross and 4 (Pepperpot Cottage), The Cross, Bradford Abbas, DT9 6RY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Bradford Abbas
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 58918 14448
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 26 May 2026 to update the Name and Address and reformat the text to current standards
ST 5814-5914
11/13
BRADFORD ABBAS
THE CROSS (east side)
Wild Thyme Cottage, No. 3 and No. 4 (Pepperpot Cottage)
(Formerly listed as No. 2 (Wild Thyme Cottages) No. 3 (Greenfields) No. 4 (Bankside), previously listed as CHURCHWELL STREET (East side) Nos. 2, 3 and 4)
GV
II
Row of three attached cottages. Early-mid C18. Rubble-stone walls. Thatch roof with gable ends, and continuous outshut at rear. Brick stacks at left hand gable, and on ridge right of centre. One and half storeys. Six windows in total, mainly of two lights, though of three lights to no.2 (first floor). Wooden casements with cambered brick arches over. Front doors, No.2 C20 door in C20 outshut at rear. No. 3 at centre, plank door with two top lights and wood framing, C19. No. 4, plank door with wood framing, C20.
(RCHM Dorset I, p.34(16))
Listing NGR: ST5891814448
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 105553
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Dorset, (1974), 34
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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