Milton Abbas houses [5]
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Milton Abbas houses [5]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 11 Dec 2020
Numbers 2 and 3 The Street are a pair of cottages now combined into one. Built circa 1780 with plastered cob walls and a hipped thatched roof. There are two canted bay windows on the ground storey. There is a rear extension which was formerly a tailor's shop. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1118590 Milton Abbas is a small village in a wooded valley some 5 miles south west of Blandford Forum. This planned community was constructed circa 1780 when the inhabitants of the market town of Middleton were relocated here by the landowner, the Earl of Dorchester. Middleton was then demolished and the site landscaped. Recently the village has been extended above the eastern end of the valley. Every two years a historic country fair takes place here when the locals celebrate the rebuilding of their village.
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