Pithouse Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1976. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Pithouse Cottage
- WRENN ID
- tangled-lime-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Constituency
- Christchurch MP: Sir Christopher Chope (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1976
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Pithouse Cottage, Pithouse Lane, Hurn, BH23 6AU
- OS grid reference
- SZ 137 980
- Coordinates
- 50.78166, -1.80657
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pithouse Cottage is an 18th or early 19th century building, likely originally constructed with cob and subsequently rendered. It has a thatched roof and is arranged with a central 1½-storey section flanked by single-storey outshuts to either side. The front facade features four windows and two eyebrow dormers, with early 19th century casement windows. A gabled porch is centrally positioned.
Local climate
Pithouse Cottage receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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 — 3 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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