Wool houses [5]
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Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 31 May 2022
This pair of cottages, numbers 16 and 17 High Street, were built in the late 18th or early 19th century. Constructed of rubble stone with brick dressings under a tile roof. The windows are horizontally sliding sash. Listed, for group value, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1152925 Wool is a large village in Dorset, midway between Dorchester and Poole, both about 10 miles distant. Set on the south bank of the River Frome, the village includes Bovington Camp army base to the north. The place-name 'Wool' is first recorded in Anglo-Saxon Writs in the first years of the 11th century. The ruins of Bindon Abbey are nearby, demolished in 1539, the stone was used to build castles in Portland, Lulworth and Sandsfoot.