Osmington houses [6]
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Osmington houses [6]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 30 May 2022
Buttress Cottage, Church Lane, is an 18th century detached cottage. Constructed of rubble stone under a thatch roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1119228 Osmington is a small commuter village astride the A353 road, some 3¾ miles northeast of Weymouth. There is evidence of settlement in the Bronze Age, and the village was mentioned in a charter of 940. Osmington is renowned for the hill figure of King George III riding a horse, carved in 1808.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.646488
Longitude
-2.390664