Listed Building record MDO13739 - Monks Yard, Child Okeford

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Summary

A two-storey house built partly of rough greensand ashlar, and partly of brick and partly timber-framed. The eastern part of the building is now a separate tenement. The earliest parts of the timber framing probably date to the first half of the sixteenth century.

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Full Description

MONK'S YARD (83441274), house, facing S.S.E., is two-storied and has walls partly of rough Greensand ashlar, partly of brick and partly timber-framed; the roofs are thatched. The E. part of the building is now a separate tenement. The earliest parts of the timber-framed structure are probably of the first half of the 16th century. The plan does not have the usual characteristics of a dwelling-house and its original purpose is obscure. (1)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 206289.
  • <1> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 1. 81.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ST 8344 1273 (21m by 17m)
Map sheet ST81SW
Civil Parish Child Okeford; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

Protected Status/Designation

Other Statuses/References

  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 011 007
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 81 SW 35
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 206289
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Child Okeford 7

Record last edited

Oct 21 2022 4:57PM

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