The Doctor'S House

DORCHESTER HIGH STREET SU5794 (West side) 5/96 No.71 (The Doctor's House) 18/07/63 (Formerly listed as The Doctor's House)

GV II

House and outbuilding. Late C16/early C17, extended and remodelled late C18 and mid/late C19; outbuilding early C18. Timber framing with colourwashed brick infill; some weatherboarding and brick; old plain-tile roof with brick stacks. L-plan. One storey plus attics. 3-window C19 front, with applied timbering to left and centre bays, has a central 4-panel door with a canopy on shaped brackets, casements of one and 2 lights, to left, and a C20 canted bay window to right; first floor has 3 gabled dormers. Roof has ornamental ridge tiles and apex finials, and has stacks to left of centre and to right. Left gable wall has a C19 canted bay window. Earlier rear wing has a 3-unit plan with continuous outshut and is timber framed with some herringbone brick infill. It is partly concealed by a small C18 wing at the junction with the front range. To right of the front is a 3-bay timber-framed outbuilding range, probably originally a barn. The front wall is now brick with the entry to right, but the rear remains weatherboarded. Interior: front range has some chamfered beams and probably incorporates C17/C18 work; outbuilding range has a clasped-purlin roof with queen-strut trusses.

Listing NGR: SU5770894474