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Summary

Pair of early 19th century cottages likely to have been one house.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1162982: THORN COTTAGES

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS51SE/69
• Old Listed Building Ref (II)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• COTTAGE NON SPECIFIC (Post Medieval to XXI - 1540 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Department of Environment, 1988, Dolton, 55 (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV598.

Nos 1 and 2 Thorn Cottages.
Pair of cottages likely to have been one house. Circa early C18 with c19 additions. Rendered cob walls. Gable-ended thatch roof. Brick axial stack and one at right gable-end.
Plan: original plan obscured by subdivision but likely to have been 3 rooms with the left and right-hand rooms heated. At present no 1 consists of 2 rooms -probably subdivided from one - and no 2 has 2 larger rooms. C19 outshut added behind no 1.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-window front - 1:2 - no 1 to left. C19 small-paned 2-light casements with eyebrows in thatch above 1st floor windows which have C19 decorative barge-boards with pendant finials. No 2 to right has c20 glazed porch/conservatory to right of centre with C19 part-glazed door behind and french windows adjoining it. C20 door to no 1 in left gable-end with thatch roof outshut behind this end.
Interior: of no 1 only accessible at time of survey and exhibited no original internal features although they may have been concealed; no 2 may contain more.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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