Listed Building record MDO37165 - Avice's Cottage, Wakeham, Portland
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Summary
One of two cottages built in the seventeenth century, greatly altered in the nineteenth century, and now part of Portland Museum. The building has walls of squared and coursed dressed stone block and a thatched roof, and may have been a cross-passage house. A date stone of 1640 is set in the front gable. Surviving internal features include fireplaces and a copper boiler.
The name of the house comes from characters in Thomas Hardy’s novel ‘The Well-Beloved’. Dr Marie Stopes gave the property to the Islanders in 1929.
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Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SDO149 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 2.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SY 69627 71249 (25m by 7m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SY67SE |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Portland 86
Record last edited
Apr 9 2015 2:49PM
