Dorset House is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Villa. 3 related planning applications.
Dorset House
- WRENN ID
- first-rampart-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- Dorset House, 48, High Street, Cottenham, CB24 8SA
- OS grid reference
- TL 453 684
- Coordinates
- 52.29498, 0.13039
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dorset House is a villa dating from approximately 1850 to 1860. It is constructed of local grey gault brick with a slate roof, featuring gables, boarded and bracketed eaves, and end stacks. The building is single pile, with two storeys and a double-fronted design. The symmetrical facade is characterised by three recessed windows, each with a twelve-pane hung sash window set within a flat arch. The central doorway is set within a double recessed elliptical arch, springing from stone impost blocks bearing the inscription “Dorset House.” Two steps lead to the original panelled door.
Local climate
Dorset House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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