Dorset Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Redditch local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1954. House. 1 related planning application.
Dorset Cottage
- WRENN ID
- low-spandrel-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Redditch
- Constituency
- Redditch MP: Chris Bloore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1954
- Type
- House
- Address
- Dorset Cottage, 10, Droitwich Road, Feckenham
- OS grid reference
- SP 007 613
- Coordinates
- 52.25018, -1.98992
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dorset Cottage is a house dating from the early 19th century, with some alterations made in the mid-20th century. It is constructed of whitened brick and features a plain tiled roof with a ridge stack at the left end and another stack at the rear. The building has two storeys and a dentilled eaves cornice. It consists of three bays with irregular window placement. All windows are 3-light casements, with two on the ground floor having cambered heads. The main entrance, located between the first and second bays, has an original open pediment and a six-panelled door. At the time of the survey in June 1985, the pilasters that once flanked the door had been removed. There is also a doorway to the right with a moulded architrave and a 20th-century door. Above the entrance and the adjacent window is a large timber lintel. The interior was not inspected. The cottage is located next to The Old Black Boy on the west side and is prominently positioned as part of a continuous row of houses at the north-east end of Droitwich Road. It is included for its group value.
Local climate
Dorset Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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