Listed Building: 2, CHURCH STREET, 1, CHURCH STREET (107356)

CRANBORNE SU 0513 CHURCH STREET 11/19 Nos. I and 2 GV II House, now pair of cottages. C15 origin with C17 and C18 alterations, left bay probably a C19 rebuild. Street facade of C18 Flemish-bond brickwork. Thatched roof with brick stacks to gable-ends and along ridge. 2 storeys, 4 window range. 9-pane sash windows. Some openings blocked. Plank doors to each cottage. Not inspected internally but said to contain numerous early features including the original roof construction with smoke-blackened timbers suggesting an origin as an open hall. RCHM gives internal features as open fireplace with chamfered bressummer with run-out stops, chamfered ceiling beam with ogee stops and splat balusters to stairs. (RCHM, Dorset, vol.V, p.13, no.7.) Listing NGR: SU0551113268

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