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WINTERBOURNE STEEPLETON
SY 68 NW STEEPLETON VILLAGE 8/162 Old Manor Cottage (formerly
26-1-56 listed as House 90 yds W. of
GV II church) Farmhouse, now private dwelling. Late C16, with Cl7 heightening. Coursed
rubble-stone walls, with Ham Stone dressings. Thatch roof with gable ends
and stone gable-copings. Brick stacks at left hand gable, ridge right of
centre backing on to cross-passage, both C17 or C18, and at right hand gable,
rebuilt C20. Plan: 3-unit house with rear range at right angles from the
centre, with access through from the cross-passage. 2 storeys. 4 windows,
4-light hollow-chamfered mullions, iron casements with rectangular leaded
lights, separate labels over; 3-light stone mullions over, with separate labels
to the two at left hand end. Doors: original doorway, right of centre with
moulded stone jambs and depressed-arch head. Plank door C20. Doorway, left
of centre, inserted, with similar moulded jambs, head, though with label over.
Plank door, C20. Rear range gabled to south to same height as ridge, 3- and
2-light stone mullionswith labels over, C16. Doorway in west angle with main
range, plank and glazed, C20. Interior: central (hall) room has compartmented ceiling-beams, an open fireplace.
Newel stair in south-west angle (corner of kitchen).
(RCHM Dorset II, p.395 (3))
Listing NGR: SY6280589805
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number:
404039
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Sources
Books and journals Inventory of Dorset II South East, (1970), 395
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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